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Dáil Éireann Members' Directory

Chronology of Members of the Houses of the Oireachtas

Dáil Éireann 1919 - 2017
Seanad Éireann 1922 - 2017



Mr. Barry Desmond

Mr. Barry Desmond

(15/05/1935 - )

Profession: Industrial Officer ICTU
Party: Labour_Party (Labour_Party members of the 19th Dáil)
Details

22nd Dáil - Minister of State at the Department of Finance with special responsibility for Economic Planning
24th Dáil - Minister for Social Welfare [14 December 1982 to 14 February 1986]
Minister for Health [14 December 1982 to 20 January 1987] resigned 20 January 1987
Did not contest the Dáil election of 1989
Elected as an M.E.P. 15 June 1989