The job of an Irish minister is to run the government department that the minister has been allocated. The specifics of the job will depend on which department the minister is responsible for.
Minister for Finance - Ireland - was created in 1919.
Minister for Health - Ireland - was created in 1947.
Alan Joseph Shatter is the Minister for Defense for Ireland.
No. Ireland does not have a prime minister. Ireland has a Taoiseach. So Gerry Adams will never be Prime Minister of Ireland nor will he ever be Taoiseach.
Joan Burton is the Minister for Social Protection for Ireland.
Ireland does not have a prime minister. The corresponding role in Ireland is known as a Taoiseach. Brian Cowen was Taoiseach in 2009.
Frances Fitzgerald is the Minister for Children for Ireland.
Phil Hogan is the Minister for the Environment
Gordon Brown. But the Northern Ireland has some control. The First Minister is Peter Robinson, DUP, and The Deputy First Minister is Martin McGuinness, Sinn Fein.
At the time of answering this, 16th February 2013, Ruairí Quinn is the minister for education in Ireland.
Ireland does not have a deputy prime minister or a prime minister. The head of an Irish government is known as the Taoiseach. The Taoiseach's deputy is known as the Tánaiste. The Tánaiste in 2010 was Mary Coughlan.
the Minister for Enterprise and Employment is Batt O'Keeffe