Minister: Brendan Smith

Brendan Smith

Brendan Smith (born 1 June 1956) is an Irish Fianna Fáil politician who has served as Chairman of the Fianna Fáil Parliamentary Party since May 2016. He has been a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Cavan–Monaghan constituency since 1992. He previously served as Chair of the Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade from 2016 to 2020, Minister for Justice and Law Reform from January 2011 to March 2011, Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food from 2008 to 2011, Minister of State for Children from 2007 to 2008 and Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food from 2004 to 2007.

name	from	to	role	description	end	source	confidence
Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food	2008-05-07	2011-03-09	Minister	Fianna Fáil	Election New Goverment	http://www.oireachtas.ie/; http://agriculture.gov.ie/	5
Department of Health and Children	2007-06-14	2008-05-07	Minister of State	"Minister of State with responsibility for children; Promoted to Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food in May 2008; Fianna Fáil"	Promotion	IPA Yearbooks; http://www.brendansmith.ie/	5
Department of Agriculture and Food (III)	2004-09-29	2007-06-14	Minister of State	Fianna Fáil; Minister of State with responsibility for food and horticulture		http://www.oireachtas.ie/members-hist/	5
Department of Justice and Law Reform	2011-01-21	2011-03-09	Minister	Fianna Fáil	Election New Goverment	http://www.justice.ie/	5

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Brendan Smith