31st Government of Ireland | |
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![]() Government of Ireland | |
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Date formed | 14 June 2017 |
People and organisations | |
Head of state | Michael D. Higgins |
Head of government | Leo Varadkar |
Deputy head of government |
Frances Fitzgerald (2017) Simon Coveney (2017– present) |
No. of ministers | 15 |
Member parties |
Fine Gael Independents |
Status in legislature | Minority coalition |
Opposition cabinet | Third Martin front bench |
Opposition party | Fianna Fáil |
Opposition leader | Micheál Martin |
History | |
Legislature term | 32nd Dáil |
Budgets | 2018, 2019 |
Predecessor | 30th Government |
The 31st Government of Ireland was formed by on 14 June 2017 on the appointment of Leo Varadkar as Taoiseach after he succeeded Enda Kenny as Fine Gael leader in a leadership election concluding on 2 June. Kenny had been re-elected as Taoiseach after the 2016 general election and led the 30th Government. Varadkar was the first Fine Gael leader to succeed a party colleague as Taoiseach within a Dáil term.
Nomination of Taoiseach vote for Leo Varadkar Motion proposed by Enda Kenny and seconded by Josepha Madigan Absolute majority: 79/158 | ||
Vote | Parties | Votes |
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Fine Gael (50), Independents (7) | 57 / 158
|
No |
Sinn Féin (23),
Labour Party (7),
Solidarity–People Before Profit (6), Independents 4 Change (4), Green Party (2), Social Democrats (2), Workers and Unemployed Action (1), Independents (5) |
50 / 158
|
Abstain | Fianna Fáil (44), Independent (1) | 45 / 158
|
Not voting | Independent (3), Ceann Comhairle (1) | 4 / 158
|
Source: Oireachtas Debates Nomination of Taoiseach (Resumed) (Continued) Wednesday, 14 June 2017 |
The Ministers of the Government were approved by the Dáil on 14 June. [1] [2]
Legal adviser to the Government
Office | Name | Term |
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Attorney General | Séamus Woulfe | 2017–present |
The Ministers of State are appointed under the Ministers and Secretaries Acts and Ministers of the Government may delegate certain of their powers and duties to them. On 14 June 2017, the newly elected Taoiseach Leo Varadkar announced that Joe McHugh, Finian McGrath, and Mary Mitchell O'Connor would be appointed as Ministers of State and would sit at cabinet without a vote. [1] On 20 June, Varadkar announced the remainder of the appointments as Junior Minister. [14] [15]
Name | Responsibility | Department(s) | Party | Term | |
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Joe McHugh |
Government Chief Whip and Gaeilge, Gaeltacht and the Islands (In attendance at cabinet) |
Taoiseach Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht |
Fine Gael | 2017–18 | |
Mary Mitchell O'Connor | Higher Education (In attendance at cabinet) |
Education and Skills | Fine Gael | 2017–present | |
Paul Kehoe |
Defence (In attendance at cabinet) |
Taoiseach Defence |
Fine Gael | 2017–present | |
Finian McGrath |
Disability Issues (In attendance at cabinet) |
Health Justice and Equality Employment Affairs and Social Protection |
Independent | 2017–present | |
Helen McEntee | European Affairs | Foreign Affairs and Trade | Fine Gael | 2017–present | |
Patrick O'Donovan | Public Procurement, Open Government and eGovernment |
Finance Public Expenditure and Reform |
Fine Gael | 2017–present | |
Michael D'Arcy | Financial Services and Insurance | Finance Public Expenditure and Reform |
Fine Gael | 2017–present | |
Ciarán Cannon | Diaspora and International Development | Foreign Affairs and Trade | Fine Gael | 2017–present | |
Jim Daly | Mental Health and Older People | Health | Fine Gael | 2017–present | |
Brendan Griffin | Tourism and Sport | Transport, Tourism and Sport | Fine Gael | 2017–present | |
John Paul Phelan | Local Government and Electoral Reform | Housing, Planning and Local Government | Fine Gael | 2017–present | |
Catherine Byrne | Health Promotion and National Drugs Strategy |
Health | Fine Gael | 2017–present | |
Pat Breen | Trade, Employment, Business, EU Digital Single Market and Data Protection |
Business, Enterprise and Innovation Employment Affairs and Social Protection Taoiseach Justice and Equality |
Fine Gael | 2017–present | |
Seán Kyne | Natural Resources, Community Affairs and Digital Development |
Rural and Community Development Communications, Climate Action and Environment |
Fine Gael | 2017–18 | |
John Halligan | Training, Skills, Innovation, Research and Development |
Education and Skills Business, Enterprise and Innovation |
Independent | 2017–present | |
Andrew Doyle | Food, Forestry and Horticulture | Agriculture, Food and the Marine | Fine Gael | 2017–present | |
Damien English | Housing and Urban Development | Housing, Planning and Local Government | Fine Gael | 2017–present | |
Kevin "Boxer" Moran |
Office of Public Works and Flood Relief |
Public Expenditure and Reform | Independent | 2017–present | |
David Stanton | Equality, Immigration and Integration | Justice and Equality | Fine Gael | 2017–present | |
Changes after Joe McHugh appointed to Cabinet. [13] [16] | |||||
Seán Kyne | Government Chief Whip and Gaeilge, Gaeltacht and the Islands (In attendance at cabinet) |
Taoiseach Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht |
Fine Gael | 2018–present | |
Seán Canney | Natural Resources, Community Affairs and Digital Development |
Rural and Community Development Communications, Climate Action and Environment |
Independent | 2018–present |
Prose discussion of Brexit, referendums, housing, etc
31st Government of Ireland | |
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![]() Government of Ireland | |
![]() | |
Date formed | 14 June 2017 |
People and organisations | |
Head of state | Michael D. Higgins |
Head of government | Leo Varadkar |
Deputy head of government |
Frances Fitzgerald (2017) Simon Coveney (2017– present) |
No. of ministers | 15 |
Member parties |
Fine Gael Independents |
Status in legislature | Minority coalition |
Opposition cabinet | Third Martin front bench |
Opposition party | Fianna Fáil |
Opposition leader | Micheál Martin |
History | |
Legislature term | 32nd Dáil |
Budgets | 2018, 2019 |
Predecessor | 30th Government |
The 31st Government of Ireland was formed by on 14 June 2017 on the appointment of Leo Varadkar as Taoiseach after he succeeded Enda Kenny as Fine Gael leader in a leadership election concluding on 2 June. Kenny had been re-elected as Taoiseach after the 2016 general election and led the 30th Government. Varadkar was the first Fine Gael leader to succeed a party colleague as Taoiseach within a Dáil term.
Nomination of Taoiseach vote for Leo Varadkar Motion proposed by Enda Kenny and seconded by Josepha Madigan Absolute majority: 79/158 | ||
Vote | Parties | Votes |
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Fine Gael (50), Independents (7) | 57 / 158
|
No |
Sinn Féin (23),
Labour Party (7),
Solidarity–People Before Profit (6), Independents 4 Change (4), Green Party (2), Social Democrats (2), Workers and Unemployed Action (1), Independents (5) |
50 / 158
|
Abstain | Fianna Fáil (44), Independent (1) | 45 / 158
|
Not voting | Independent (3), Ceann Comhairle (1) | 4 / 158
|
Source: Oireachtas Debates Nomination of Taoiseach (Resumed) (Continued) Wednesday, 14 June 2017 |
The Ministers of the Government were approved by the Dáil on 14 June. [1] [2]
Legal adviser to the Government
Office | Name | Term |
---|---|---|
Attorney General | Séamus Woulfe | 2017–present |
The Ministers of State are appointed under the Ministers and Secretaries Acts and Ministers of the Government may delegate certain of their powers and duties to them. On 14 June 2017, the newly elected Taoiseach Leo Varadkar announced that Joe McHugh, Finian McGrath, and Mary Mitchell O'Connor would be appointed as Ministers of State and would sit at cabinet without a vote. [1] On 20 June, Varadkar announced the remainder of the appointments as Junior Minister. [14] [15]
Name | Responsibility | Department(s) | Party | Term | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Joe McHugh |
Government Chief Whip and Gaeilge, Gaeltacht and the Islands (In attendance at cabinet) |
Taoiseach Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht |
Fine Gael | 2017–18 | |
Mary Mitchell O'Connor | Higher Education (In attendance at cabinet) |
Education and Skills | Fine Gael | 2017–present | |
Paul Kehoe |
Defence (In attendance at cabinet) |
Taoiseach Defence |
Fine Gael | 2017–present | |
Finian McGrath |
Disability Issues (In attendance at cabinet) |
Health Justice and Equality Employment Affairs and Social Protection |
Independent | 2017–present | |
Helen McEntee | European Affairs | Foreign Affairs and Trade | Fine Gael | 2017–present | |
Patrick O'Donovan | Public Procurement, Open Government and eGovernment |
Finance Public Expenditure and Reform |
Fine Gael | 2017–present | |
Michael D'Arcy | Financial Services and Insurance | Finance Public Expenditure and Reform |
Fine Gael | 2017–present | |
Ciarán Cannon | Diaspora and International Development | Foreign Affairs and Trade | Fine Gael | 2017–present | |
Jim Daly | Mental Health and Older People | Health | Fine Gael | 2017–present | |
Brendan Griffin | Tourism and Sport | Transport, Tourism and Sport | Fine Gael | 2017–present | |
John Paul Phelan | Local Government and Electoral Reform | Housing, Planning and Local Government | Fine Gael | 2017–present | |
Catherine Byrne | Health Promotion and National Drugs Strategy |
Health | Fine Gael | 2017–present | |
Pat Breen | Trade, Employment, Business, EU Digital Single Market and Data Protection |
Business, Enterprise and Innovation Employment Affairs and Social Protection Taoiseach Justice and Equality |
Fine Gael | 2017–present | |
Seán Kyne | Natural Resources, Community Affairs and Digital Development |
Rural and Community Development Communications, Climate Action and Environment |
Fine Gael | 2017–18 | |
John Halligan | Training, Skills, Innovation, Research and Development |
Education and Skills Business, Enterprise and Innovation |
Independent | 2017–present | |
Andrew Doyle | Food, Forestry and Horticulture | Agriculture, Food and the Marine | Fine Gael | 2017–present | |
Damien English | Housing and Urban Development | Housing, Planning and Local Government | Fine Gael | 2017–present | |
Kevin "Boxer" Moran |
Office of Public Works and Flood Relief |
Public Expenditure and Reform | Independent | 2017–present | |
David Stanton | Equality, Immigration and Integration | Justice and Equality | Fine Gael | 2017–present | |
Changes after Joe McHugh appointed to Cabinet. [13] [16] | |||||
Seán Kyne | Government Chief Whip and Gaeilge, Gaeltacht and the Islands (In attendance at cabinet) |
Taoiseach Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht |
Fine Gael | 2018–present | |
Seán Canney | Natural Resources, Community Affairs and Digital Development |
Rural and Community Development Communications, Climate Action and Environment |
Independent | 2018–present |
Prose discussion of Brexit, referendums, housing, etc