Government of the 10th Dáil

Government of the 10th Dáil
2nd Government of Ireland
Date formed	30 June 1938
Date dissolved	1 July 1943
People and organisations
Head of government	Éamon de Valera
Deputy head of government	Seán T. O'Kelly
Head of state	Douglas Hyde
Total number of ministers	10 (1938–39) 12 (1939–43)
Member party	Fianna Fáil
Status in legislature	Majority Government
Opposition leader	W. T. Cosgrave (Fine Gael)
History
Election(s)	1938 general election
Legislature term(s)	10th Dáil
Predecessor	1st Government of Ireland
Successor	3rd Government of Ireland

The 10th Dáil was elected at the 1938 general election on 17 June 1938 and first met on 30 June when the 2nd Government of Ireland was appointed. The 10th Dáil lasted for 1,832 days.

2nd Government of Ireland

The 2nd Government of Ireland (30 June 1938 – 1 July 1943) was formed by the Fianna Fáil party.

Office	Name		Term
Taoiseach		Éamon de Valera	1938–43
Minister for External Affairs
Tánaiste		Seán T. O'Kelly	1938–43
Minister for Local Government and Public Health			1938–39
Minister for Agriculture		James Ryan	1938–43
Minister for Defence		Frank Aiken	1938–39
Minister for Education		Thomas Derrig	1938–39
Minister for Finance		Seán MacEntee	1938–39
Minister for Industry and Commerce		Seán Lemass	1938–39
Minister for Justice		P. J. Ruttledge	1938–39
Minister for Lands		Gerald Boland	1938–39
Minister for Posts and Telegraphs		Oscar Traynor	1938–39
Changes 8 September 1939
Office	Name		Term
Minister for Supplies		Seán Lemass	1939–43
Minister for the Co-ordination of Defensive Measures		Frank Aiken	1939–43
Minister for Local Government and Public Health		P. J. Ruttledge	1939–41
Minister for Justice		Gerald Boland	1939–43
Minister for Defence		Oscar Traynor	1939–43
Minister for Education		Seán T. O'Kelly	(acting)
Minister for Lands		Thomas Derrig	1939–43
Minister for Posts and Telegraphs			(acting)
Changes 16 September 1939
Office	Name		Term
Minister for Industry and Commerce		Seán MacEntee	1939–41
Minister for Finance		Seán T. O'Kelly	1939–43
Changes 27 September 1939
Office	Name		Term
Minister for Education		Éamon de Valera	(acting)
Minister for Posts and Telegraphs		Patrick Little	1939–43
Changes 18 June 1940
Office	Name		Term
Minister for Education		Thomas Derrig	1940–43
Changes 15 August 1941
Office	Name		Term
Minister for Local Government and Public Health		Éamon de Valera	(acting)
Changes 18 August 1941
Office	Name		Term
Minister for Local Government and Public Health		Seán MacEntee	1941–43
Minister for Industry and Commerce		Seán Lemass	1941–43

See also

• Members of the 10th Dáil
• Parliamentary Secretaries of the 10th Dáil
• Dáil Éireann
• Constitution of Ireland
• Politics of the Republic of Ireland