The Department of Transport was established on 27 June 2020.
Since its original establishment (as the Department of Transport and Power) in 1959 during the 16th Dail, the Department has undergone a total of 11 name changes.
The table below lists the Ministers, their periods of appointment and the title of the Department at each relevant time.
Name
Date
Name of Department at time
Darragh O'Brien
January 2025 - Present
Department of Transport
Eamon Ryan
June 2020 - January 2025
Department of Transport
Shane Ross
May 2016 - June 2020
Transport, Tourism and Sport
Paschal Donohoe
July 2014-May 2016
Transport, Tourism and Sport
Leo Varadkar
March 2011-July 2014
Transport, Tourism and Sport
Noel Dempsey
June 2007 – January 2011
Transport
Martin Cullen
September 2004-June 2007
Transport
Seamus Brennan
June 2002 – September 2004
Transport
Mary O’Rourke
June 1997-June 2002
Public Enterprise
Alan Dukes
December 1996-June 1997
Transport, Energy and Communications
John Bruton
November 1996-December 1996
Transport, Energy and Communications
Michael Lowry
December 1994-November 1996
Transport, Energy and Communications
Brian Cowen
January 1993-December 1994
Transport, Energy and Communications
Charlie McCreevey
January 1993
Tourism, Transport and Communications
Maire Geoghegan-Quinn
February 1992-January 1993
Tourism, Transport and Communications
Seamus Brennan
February 1991-February 1992
Tourism, Transport and Communications
Seamus Brennan
July 1989-February 1991
Tourism and Transport
John Wilson
March 1987-July 1989
Tourism and Transport
John Wilson
January 1984-March 1987
Communications
Jim Mitchel l
December 1982-December 1983
Transport, Posts and Telegraphs
John Wilson
March 1982-December 1982
Transport, Posts and Telegraphs
Patrick Cooney
June 1981-March 1982
Transport, Posts and Telegraphs
Albert Reynolds
January 1980-June 1981
Transport
George Colley
December 1979-January 1980
Tourism and Transport
George Colley
September 1977-December 1979
Tourism and Transport
Padraig Faulkner
July 1977-September 1977
Tourism and Transport
Tom Fitzpatrick
December 1976-July 1977
Transport and Power
Peter Barry
March 1973-December 1976
Transport and Power
Michael O’Kennedy
January 1973-March 1973
Transport and Power
Brian Lenihan
July 1969-January 1973
Transport and Power
Erskine Childers
July 1959-July 1969
Transport and Power
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