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The Minister of State, who has special responsibility for children, is officially styled Minister of State at the Department of Health and Children, at the Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform and at the Department of Education and Science (with special responsibility for Children), and is a junior ministerial post in the Departments of Health & Children, Education & Science and Justice, Equality & Law Reform of the Irish Government. The Minister works together with the various senior Ministers in these departments and has special responsibility for children's affairs. The Minister of State does not hold cabinet rank, however, the minister attends cabinet meetings and is known as a "superjunior". The position, in its current form, was created on December 20, 1994.

The current incumbent is Brendan Smith, TD, who took up the post in June 2007.

Minister of State for Children 1994–present

See also

• Minister of State
• Department of Health & Children
• Department of Justice, Equality & Law Reform
• Department of Education & Science

• Ministers of State of Ireland