Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment

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!Name

!colspan="2"|Term of office

!colspan="2"|Party

!Government(s){{efn|Before 1937: DM – Dáil Ministry; EC – Executive Council.}}

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|Seán Etchingham

|2 April 1919

|26 August 1921

| {{party name with colour|Sinn Féin}}

|2nd DM

|-

|colspan="6"|

|-

!Name

!colspan="2"|Term of office

!colspan="2"|Party

!Government(s)

|-

|Seán Etchingham

|26 August 1921

|9 January 1922

| {{party name with colour|Sinn Féin}}

|3rd DM

|-

|colspan="6"|

|-

!Name

!colspan="2"|Term of office

!colspan="2"|Party

!Government(s)

|-

|Fionán Lynch

|14 December 1922

|1 September 1928

| {{party name with colour|Cumann na nGaedheal}}

|1st EC{{•}}2nd EC{{•}}3rd EC{{•}}4th EC

|-

|colspan="6"|

|-

!Name

!colspan="2"|Term of office

!colspan="2"|Party

!Government(s)

|-

|Fionán Lynch

|1 September 1928

|9 March 1932

| {{party name with colour|Cumann na nGaedheal}}

|4th EC{{•}}5th EC

|-

|P. J. Ruttledge

|9 March 1932

|8 February 1933

| {{party name with colour|Fianna Fáil}}

|6th EC

|-

|Joseph Connolly

|8 February 1933

|1 April 1934

| {{party name with colour|Fianna Fáil}}

|7th EC

|-

|colspan="6"|

|-

!Name

!colspan="2"|Term of office

!colspan="2"|Party

!Government(s)

|-

|Joseph Connolly

|1 April 1934

|29 May 1936

| {{party name with colour|Fianna Fáil}}

|7th EC

|-

|Frank Aiken

|3 June 1936

|11 November 1936

| {{party name with colour|Fianna Fáil}}

|7th EC

|-

|Gerald Boland

|11 November 1936

|8 September 1939

| {{party name with colour|Fianna Fáil}}

|8th EC{{•}}1st{{•}}2nd

|-

|Thomas Derrig (1st time)

|8 September 1939

|2 July 1943

| {{party name with colour|Fianna Fáil}}

|2nd

|-

|Seán Moylan

|2 July 1943

|18 February 1948

| {{party name with colour|Fianna Fáil}}

|3rd{{•}}4th

|-

|Joseph Blowick (1st time)

|18 February 1948

|7 March 1951

| {{party name with colour|Clann na Talmhan}}

|5th

|-

|Thomas Derrig (2nd time)

|13 June 1951

|2 June 1954

| {{party name with colour|Fianna Fáil}}

|6th

|-

|Joseph Blowick (2nd time)

|2 June 1954

|20 March 1957

| {{party name with colour|Clann na Talmhan}}

|7th

|-

|Erskine H. Childers

|20 March 1957

|23 July 1959

| {{party name with colour|Fianna Fáil}}

|8th{{•}}9th

|-

|Mícheál Ó Móráin

|23 July 1959

|26 March 1968

| {{party name with colour|Fianna Fáil}}

|9th{{•}}10th{{•}}11th{{•}}12th

|-

|Pádraig Faulkner

|26 March 1968

|2 July 1969

| {{party name with colour|Fianna Fáil}}

|12th

|-

|Seán Flanagan

|2 July 1969

|14 March 1973

| {{party name with colour|Fianna Fáil}}

|13th

|-

|Tom Fitzpatrick (1st time)

|14 March 1973

|2 December 1976

| {{party name with colour|Fine Gael}}

|14th

|-

|Paddy Donegan

|2 December 1976

|9 February 1977

| {{party name with colour|Fine Gael}}

|14th

|-

|colspan="6"|

|-

!Name

!colspan="2"|Term of office

!colspan="2"|Party

!Government(s)

|-

|Paddy Donegan

|9 February 1977

|5 July 1977

| {{party name with colour|Fine Gael}}

|14th

|-

|Brian Lenihan

|5 July 1977

|15 July 1978

| {{party name with colour|Fianna Fáil}}

|15th

|-

|colspan="6"|

|-

!Name

!colspan="2"|Term of office

!colspan="2"|Party

!Government(s)

|-

|Brian Lenihan

|15 July 1978

|11 December 1979

| {{party name with colour|Fianna Fáil}}

|15th

|-

|Paddy Power

|12 December 1979

|30 June 1981

| {{party name with colour|Fianna Fáil}}

|16th

|-

|Tom Fitzpatrick (2nd time)

|30 June 1981

|9 March 1982

| {{party name with colour|Fine Gael}}

|17th

|-

|Brendan Daly (1st time)

|9 March 1982

|14 December 1982

| {{party name with colour|Fianna Fáil}}

|18th

|-

|Paddy O'Toole (1st time)

|14 December 1982

|14 February 1986

| {{party name with colour|Fine Gael}}

|19th

|-

|colspan="6"|

|-

!Name

!colspan="2"|Term of office

!colspan="2"|Party

!Government(s)

|-

|Liam Kavanagh

|14 February 1986

|20 January 1987

| {{party name with colour|Labour Party (Ireland)}}

|19th

|-

|Paddy O'Toole (2nd time)

|20 January 1987

|10 March 1987

| {{party name with colour|Fine Gael}}

|19th

|-

|colspan="6"|

|-

!Name

!colspan="2"|Term of office

!colspan="2"|Party

!Government(s)

|-

|Brendan Daly (2nd time)

|10 March 1987

|12 July 1989

| {{party name with colour|Fianna Fáil}}

|20th

|-

|John Wilson

|12 July 1989

|11 February 1992

| {{party name with colour|Fianna Fáil}}

|20th{{•}}21st

|-

|Michael Woods (1st time)

|11 February 1992

|12 January 1993

| {{party name with colour|Fianna Fáil}}

|22nd

|-

|David Andrews{{efn|name="Def"|Also Minister for Defence.}}

|12 January 1993

|15 December 1994

| {{party name with colour|Fianna Fáil}}

|23rd

|-

|Hugh Coveney{{efn|name="Def"}}

|15 December 1994

|23 May 1995

| {{party name with colour|Fine Gael}}

|24th

|-

|Seán Barrett{{efn|name="Def"}}

|23 May 1995

|26 June 1997

| {{party name with colour|Fine Gael}}

|24th

|-

|colspan="6"|

|-

!Name

!colspan="2"|Term of office

!colspan="2"|Party

!Government(s)

|-

|Michael Woods (2nd time)

|26 June 1997

|27 January 2000

| {{party name with colour|Fianna Fáil}}

|25th

|-

|Frank Fahey

|27 January 2000

|6 June 2002

| {{party name with colour|Fianna Fáil}}

|25th

|-

|colspan="6"|

|-

!Name

!colspan="2"|Term of office

!colspan="2"|Party

!Government(s)

|-

|Dermot Ahern

|6 June 2002

|29 September 2004

| {{party name with colour|Fianna Fáil}}

|26th

|-

|Noel Dempsey

|29 September 2004

|14 June 2007

| {{party name with colour|Fianna Fáil}}

|26th

|-

|colspan="6"|

|-

!Name

!colspan="2"|Term of office

!colspan="2"|Party

!Government(s)

|-

|Eamon Ryan

|14 June 2007

|23 January 2011

| {{party name with colour|Green Party (Ireland)}}

|27th{{•}}28th

|-

|Pat Carey

|23 January 2011

|9 March 2011

| {{party name with colour|Fianna Fáil}}

|28th

|-

|Pat Rabbitte

|9 March 2011

|11 July 2014

| {{party name with colour|Labour Party (Ireland)}}

|29th

|-

|Alex White

|11 July 2014

|6 May 2016

| {{party name with colour|Labour Party (Ireland)}}

|29th

|-

|colspan="6"|

|-

!Name

!colspan="2"|Term of office

!colspan="2"|Party

!Government(s)

|-

|Denis Naughten

|6 May 2016

|11 October 2018

| {{party name with colour|Independent politician (Ireland)}}

|30th{{•}}31st

|-

|Richard Bruton

|11 October 2018

|27 June 2020

| {{party name with colour|Fine Gael}}

|31st

|-

|colspan="6"|

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!Name

!colspan="2"|Term of office

!colspan="2"|Party

!Government(s)

|-

|Eamon Ryan{{efn|Also Minister for Transport.}} (2nd time)

|27 June 2020

|23 January 2025

| {{party name with colour|Green Party (Ireland)}}

|32nd{{•}}33rd{{•}}34th

|-

|colspan="6"|

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!Name

!colspan="2"|Term of office

!colspan="2"|Party

!Government(s)

|-

|-

|Darragh O'Brien

|23 January 2025

|Incumbent

| {{party name with colour|Fianna Fáil}}

|35th

|}

;Notes

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• Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage (responsible for the Environment until 2016)
• Irish Land Commission

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