The Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine is a junior ministerial post in the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine of the Government of Ireland and assists the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine. A Minister of State does not hold cabinet rank.
There are currently two Ministers of State, who were appointed in 2020:
- Senator Pippa Hackett – Minister of State with responsibility for Land Use and Biodiversity; and
- Martin Heydon, TD – Minister of State with responsibility for Research & Development, Farm Safety and New Market Development.[1][2]
- ^ "List of Ministers and Ministers of State", Government of Ireland, archived from the original on 7 August 2020, retrieved 4 August 2020
- ^ "Ministers". Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine. Archived from the original on 16 July 2020. Retrieved 4 August 2020.