Minister of State for Overseas Development Aid and Diaspora


The Minister of State for Overseas Development Aid and Diaspora is a junior ministerial post in the Department of Foreign Affairs of the Government of Ireland.
The minister works together with the senior minister in this department and had special responsibility for all overseas aid affairs, and the Irish diaspora. The Minister of State does not hold cabinet rank. The position has been abolished and re-established on numerous occasions.
The current incumbent is Colm Brophy, TD who was appointed in July 2020.

List of office-holders

Minister of State for Overseas Development 1993–2011

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Minister of State for Overseas Development Assistance, Trade Promotion and North/South Cooperation 2014–2016

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Minister of State for Diaspora and Overseas Development 2016–2017

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Minister of State for Diaspora and International Development 2017–2020

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Minister of State for Overseas Development Aid and Diaspora 2020–present

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