Helen McEntee TD was appointed as Minister for Education and Youth in January 2025. Helen was first elected to Dáil Éireann in a Bye-Election in March 2013, and re-elected in the February 2016 general election. Deputy McEntee was appointed by the Taoiseach Enda Kenny TD to be Minister for Mental Health and Older People at the Department of Health in May 2016 as part of the new Partnership Government.