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The Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs is responsible for one of Ireland's newest Departments of State. The Department of Community, Rural & Gaeltacht Affairs was established by Government on June 6, 2002, with some 240 staff in 6 locations, mainly in Dublin and Na Forbacha, Co Galway.
The Department has specific responsibility for a range of functions including:
- Community Development Programmes
- Local Development
- the RAPID programmes ,
- Coordination of the National Drugs Strategy
- Volunteering
- Rural Development initiatives
The Department also retains the responsibilities previously held by the former Department of Arts, Heritage, Gaeltacht and the Islands for
Minister for the Gaeltacht 1956-1993
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| Name
| Took Office
| Left Office
| Party
| | 1. | Richard Mulcahy | June 2, 1956 | October 24, 1956 | Fine Gael
| | 2. | Patrick Lindsay | October 24, 1956 | March 20, 1957 | Fine Gael
| | 3. | Jack Lynch | March 20, 1957 | June 26, 1957 | Fianna Fáil
| | 4. | Micheál Ó Moráin (1st time) | June 26, 1957 | July 23, 1959 | Fianna Fáil
| | 5. | Gerald Bartley | July 23, 1959 | October 11, 1961 | Fianna Fáil
| | Micheál Ó Moráin (2nd time) | October 11, 1961 | March 26, 1968 | Fianna Fáil
| | 6. | Pádraig Faulkner | March 27, 1968 | July 2, 1969 | Fianna Fáil
| | 7. | George Colley | July 2, 1969 | March 14, 1973 | Fianna Fáil
| | 8. | Tom O'Donnell | March 14, 1973 | July 5, 1977 | Fine Gael
| | 9. | Denis Gallagher (1st time) | July 5, 1977 | December 11, 1979 | Fianna Fáil
| | 10. | Máire Geoghegan-Quinn | December 12, 1979 | June 30, 1981 | Fianna Fáil
| | 11. | Paddy O'Toole (1sttime) | June 30, 1981 | March 9, 1982 | Fine Gael
| | Denis Gallagher (2nd time) | March 9, 1982 | December 14, 1982 | Fianna Fáil
| | Paddy O'Toole (2nd time) | December 14, 1982 | March 10, 1987 | Fine Gael
| | 12. | Charles Haughey | March 10, 1987 | February 11, 1992 | Fianna Fáil
| | 13. | John P. Wilson | February 11, 1992 | January 12, 1993 | Fianna Fáil
| | 14. | Michael D. Higgins (1st time) | January 12, 1993 | January 21, 1993 | Labour
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Minister for Arts, Culture & the Gaeltacht 1993-1997
Minister for Arts, heritage, Gaeltacht & the Islands 1997-2002
Minister for Community, Rural & Gaeltacht Affairs 2002-present
See also
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