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
No.	Name	Term of office		Party
1.	Tom Kitt (1st time)	14 January 1993	15 December 1994		Fianna Fáil
2.	Joan Burton	20 December 1994	26 June 1997		Labour Party
3.	Liz O'Donnell	8 July 1997	6 June 2002		Progressive Democrats
	Tom Kitt (2nd time)	19 June 2002	29 September 2004		Fianna Fáil
4.	Conor Lenihan	29 September 2004	20 June 2007		Fianna Fáil
5.	Michael Kitt	20 June 2007	13 May 2008		Fianna Fáil
6.	Peter Power	13 May 2008	9 March 2011		Fianna Fáil
Minister of State for Overseas Development Assistance, Trade Promotion and North/South Cooperation 2014–2016
No.	Name	Term of office		Party
7.	Seán Sherlock	15 July 2014	6 May 2016		Labour Party
Minister of State for Diaspora and Overseas Development 2016–2017
No.	Name	Term of office		Party
8.	Joe McHugh	19 May 2016	16 June 2017		Fine Gael
Minister of State for Diaspora and International Development 2017–2020
No.	Name	Term of office		Party
9.	Ciarán Cannon	20 June 2017	27 June 2020		Fine Gael
Minister of State for Overseas Development Aid and Diaspora 2020–present
No.	Name	Term of office		Party
10.	Colm Brophy	1 July 2020	Incumbent		Fine Gael