Longest Surviving Cabinet Members
| Government | Members |
|---|---|
| Brugha (1919) | Richard Mulcahy (died 1971) |
| De Valera (1919–21) | Éamon de Valera (died 1975) |
| De Valera (1921–22) | |
| Griffith (1922) | Michael Hayes (died 1976) |
| Collins (1922) | |
| Cosgrave (1922) | Ernest Blythe (died 1975) |
| Cosgrave (1922–23) | |
| Cosgrave (1923–27) | Patrick McGilligan (died 1979) |
| Cosgrave (1927) | |
| Cosgrave (1927–30) | |
| Cosgrave (1930–32) | |
| De Valera (1932–33) | Seán MacEntee (died 1984) |
| De Valera (1933–37) | |
| De Valera (1937) | |
| De Valera (1937–38) | |
| De Valera (1938–43) | |
| De Valera (1943–44) | |
| De Valera (1944–48) | |
| Costello (1948–51) | Noël Browne (died 1997) |
| De Valera (1951–54) | Seán MacEntee (died 1984) |
| Costello (1954–57) | Liam Cosgrave |
| De Valera 1957–59) | Kevin Boland (died 2001) |
| Lemass (1959–61) | Patrick Hillery (died 2008) |
| Lemass (1961–66) | |
| Lemass (1965–66) | |
| Lynch (1966–69) | Pádraig Faulkner (died 2012) |
| Lynch (1969–73) | Gerry Collins, Patrick Lalor, Bobby Molloy, Michael O'Kennedy, Desmond O'Malley |
| Cosgrave (1973–77) | Peter Barry, Richard Burke, Patrick Cooney, Liam Cosgrave, Tom O'Donnell, Richie Ryan |
| Lynch (1977–79) | Gerry Collins, Bobby Molloy, Martin O'Donoghue, Michael O'Kennedy, Desmond O'Malley |
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