(12/06/1898 - 10/05/1974)
14th Dáil - Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Agriculture
16th Dáil - Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Industry and Commerce [to 24 February1958]
Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Finance [24 February 1958 to 23 July 1959]
Minister for the Gaeltacht [23 July 1959 to 11 October 1961]
17th Dail - Minister for Defence [11 October 1961 to 21 April 1965]
Did not contest the 1965 election