(15/10/1917 - 23/09/2001)
16th Dáil - Minister for Defence [20 March 1957 to 11 October 1961]
17th Dáil - Minister for Social Welfare [11 October 1961 to 21 April 1965]
18th Dáil - Minister for Social Welfare [21 April 1965 to 10 November 1966]
Minister for Local Government [10 November 1966 to 2 July 1969]
19th Dáil - Minister for Local Government and Minister for Social Welfare
[18 June 1969 to 5 May 1970 (resigned)]
Resigned his seat on the [4 November 1970].