Government of the 33rd Dáil
Government of the 33rd Dáil | |
|---|---|
 32nd Government of Ireland | |
.jpg) | |
| Date formed | 27 June 2020 |
| People and organisations | |
| President | Michael D. Higgins |
| Taoiseach | Micheál Martin |
| Tánaiste | Leo Varadkar |
| No. of ministers | 15 |
| Member parties | Fine Gael Fianna Fáil Green Party |
| Status in legislature | Majority (coalition) |
| Opposition cabinet | Sinn Féin Front Bench |
| Opposition party | Sinn Féin |
| Opposition leader | Mary Lou McDonald |
| History | |
| Election | 2020 general election |
| Legislature terms | 33rd Dáil 26th Seanad |
| Predecessor | 31st Government |
The Government of the 33rd Dáil or the 32nd Government of Ireland is the government of Ireland which was formed on 27 June 2020, following negotiations on a programme for government for a coalition government of Fianna Fáil, Fine Gael and the Green Party that followed the 2020 general election to Dáil Éireann held on 8 February. Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin will serve as Taoiseach, with Fine Gael leader Leo Varadkar serving as Tánaiste. It has been agreed that the government will last until December 2022, after which the positions will rotate, with Varadkar forming a new government as Taoiseach, and Martin serving as Tánaiste.[1] It is the first time that Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael have participated in the same government, which Varadkar has suggested signifies the end of what has often been referred to as Civil War politics.[2][3]
32nd Government of Ireland
Nomination of Taoiseach
The members of the 33rd Dáil first met on 20 February. Taoiseach and Fine Gael leader Leo Varadkar, Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin, Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald and Green Party leader Eamon Ryan were each proposed for nomination as Taoiseach. None of the four motions were successful. Varadkar announced that he would resign as Taoiseach but that under the provisions of Article 28.11 of the Constitution, the members of the government would continue to carry out their duties until their successors were appointed.[4][5]
On 27 June, the Dáil again debated nominations for the position of Taoiseach. The nomination of Martin was approved by the Dáil.[6] Martin was then appointed as Taoiseach by President Michael D. Higgins.[7][8]
| 27 June 2020 Nomination of Micheál Martin (FF) as Taoiseach Motion proposed by Norma Foley and seconded by James O'Connor Absolute majority: 81/160[9] | ||
| Vote | Parties | Votes |
 Yes |
Fianna Fáil (37), Fine Gael (35), Green Party (12), Independents (9) | 93 / 160
|
| No | Sinn Féin (37), Independents (7), Labour Party (6), Social Democrats (6), Solidarity–People Before Profit (5), Aontú (1), Right To Change (1) | 63 / 160
|
| Abstain | Independents (3) | 3 / 160
|
| Not voting | Ceann Comhairle (1) | 1 / 160
|
Members of the Government
After his appointment as Taoiseach by the president, Micheál Martin proposed the members of the government and they were approved by the Dáil.[8][10][11] They were appointed by the president on the same day.[12][13]
| Office | Name | Term | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Taoiseach | Micheál Martin[a] | 2020–
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #66BB66;" data-sort-value="Fianna Fáil" | |
Fianna Fáil | |
| Tánaiste | Leo Varadkar | 2020–
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #6699FF;" data-sort-value="Fine Gael" | |
Fine Gael | |
| Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #6699FF;" data-sort-value="Fine Gael" | |
Fine Gael | |||
| Minister for Climate Action and Communications Networks | Eamon Ryan | 2020–
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #22AC6F;" data-sort-value="Green Party (Ireland)" | |
Green | |
| Minister for Transport
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #22AC6F;" data-sort-value="Green Party (Ireland)" | |
Green | |||
| Minister for Media, Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sport and the Gaeltacht | Catherine Martin | 2020–
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #22AC6F;" data-sort-value="Green Party (Ireland)" | |
Green | |
| Minister for Children, Disability, Equality and Integration | Roderic O'Gorman | 2020–
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #22AC6F;" data-sort-value="Green Party (Ireland)" | |
Green | |
| Minister for Finance | Paschal Donohoe | 2020–
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #6699FF;" data-sort-value="Fine Gael" | |
Fine Gael | |
| Minister for Foreign Affairs | Simon Coveney | 2020–
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #6699FF;" data-sort-value="Fine Gael" | |
Fine Gael | |
| Minister for Defence
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #6699FF;" data-sort-value="Fine Gael" | |
Fine Gael | |||
| Minister for Justice | Helen McEntee | 2020–
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #6699FF;" data-sort-value="Fine Gael" | |
Fine Gael | |
| Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science | Simon Harris | 2020–
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #6699FF;" data-sort-value="Fine Gael" | |
Fine Gael | |
| Minister for Community and Rural Development and the Islands | Heather Humphreys | 2020–
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #6699FF;" data-sort-value="Fine Gael" | |
Fine Gael | |
| Minister for Social Protection
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #6699FF;" data-sort-value="Fine Gael" | |
Fine Gael | |||
| Minister for Education | Norma Foley | 2020–
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #66BB66;" data-sort-value="Fianna Fáil" | |
Fianna Fáil | |
| Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage | Darragh O'Brien | 2020–
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #66BB66;" data-sort-value="Fianna Fáil" | |
Fianna Fáil | |
| Minister for Agriculture and the Marine | Barry Cowen | 2020
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #66BB66;" data-sort-value="Fianna Fáil" | |
Fianna Fáil | |
| Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform | Michael McGrath | 2020–
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #66BB66;" data-sort-value="Fianna Fáil" | |
Fianna Fáil | |
| Minister for Health | Stephen Donnelly | 2020–
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #66BB66;" data-sort-value="Fianna Fáil" | |
Fianna Fáil | |
Changes 15 July 2020Following the sacking of Barry Cowen on 14 July.[15][14][16][17] | ||||
| Office | Name | Term | Party | |
| Minister for Agriculture and the Marine | Dara Calleary | 2020–
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #66BB66;" data-sort-value="Fianna Fáil" | |
Fianna Fáil | |
- Notes
Attorney General
Paul Gallagher SC was appointed by the president as Attorney General on the nomination of the Taoiseach, a role he had previously served in from 2007 to 2011.[8][13]
Ministers of State
On 27 June 2020, the government on the nomination of the Taoiseach appointed Dara Calleary, TD, Hildegarde Naughton, TD, and Sen. Pippa Hackett as Ministers of State, each of whom will be in attendance at cabinet without a vote.[8] Pippa Hackett is the first senator to have been appointed as a Minister of State. On 1 July, the government appointed a further seventeen Ministers of State on the nomination of the Taoiseach.[18][13]
| Name | Department(s) | Responsibilities | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dara Calleary (In attendance at cabinet) |
Taoiseach Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht Transport, Tourism and Sport |
Government Chief Whip[19] Gaeltacht Sport style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #66BB66;" data-sort-value="Fianna Fáil" | |
Fianna Fáil | |
| Hildegarde Naughton (In attendance at cabinet) |
Transport, Tourism and Sport | International and Road Transport and Logistics
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #6699FF;" data-sort-value="Fine Gael" | |
Fine Gael | |
| Pippa Hackett (In attendance at cabinet) |
Agriculture, Food and the Marine | Land Use and Biodiversity
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #22AC6F;" data-sort-value="Green Party (Ireland)" | |
Green | |
| Thomas Byrne | Taoiseach Foreign Affairs and Trade |
European Affairs
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #66BB66;" data-sort-value="Fianna Fáil" | |
Fianna Fáil | |
| Patrick O'Donovan | Public Expenditure and Reform | Office of Public Works
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #6699FF;" data-sort-value="Fine Gael" | |
Fine Gael | |
| Ossian Smyth | Public Expenditure and Reform | Public Procurement and eGovernment
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #22AC6F;" data-sort-value="Green Party (Ireland)" | |
Green | |
| Jack Chambers | Finance | Financial Services, Credit Unions and Insurance
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #66BB66;" data-sort-value="Fianna Fáil" | |
Fianna Fáil | |
| Josepha Madigan | Education and Skills | Special Education and Inclusion
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #6699FF;" data-sort-value="Fine Gael" | |
Fine Gael | |
| Martin Heydon | Agriculture, Food and the Marine | Research & Development, Farm Safety and New Market Development
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #6699FF;" data-sort-value="Fine Gael" | |
Fine Gael | |
| Anne Rabbitte | Justice and Equality[a] | Disability
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #66BB66;" data-sort-value="Fianna Fáil" | |
Fianna Fáil | |
| Colm Brophy | Foreign Affairs and Trade | Overseas Development Aid and Diaspora
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #6699FF;" data-sort-value="Fine Gael" | |
Fine Gael | |
| Charlie McConalogue | Justice and Equality | Law Reform
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #66BB66;" data-sort-value="Fianna Fáil" | |
Fianna Fáil | |
| Niall Collins | Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science | Skills and Further Education
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #66BB66;" data-sort-value="Fianna Fáil" | |
Fianna Fáil | |
| Joe O'Brien | Rural and Community Development | Community Development and Charities
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #22AC6F;" data-sort-value="Green Party (Ireland)" | |
Green | |
| Peter Burke | Housing, Planning and Local Government | Local Government and Planning
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #6699FF;" data-sort-value="Fine Gael" | |
Fine Gael | |
| Malcolm Noonan | Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht Housing, Planning and Local Government[b] |
Heritage and Electoral Reform
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #22AC6F;" data-sort-value="Green Party (Ireland)" | |
Green | |
| Robert Troy | Foreign Affairs and Trade[c] | Trade Promotion
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #66BB66;" data-sort-value="Fianna Fáil" | |
Fianna Fáil | |
| Damien English | Employment Affairs and Social Protection Business, Enterprise and Innovation[d] |
Employment Affairs and Retail Businesses
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #6699FF;" data-sort-value="Fine Gael" | |
Fine Gael | |
| Mary Butler | Health | Mental Health and Older People
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #66BB66;" data-sort-value="Fianna Fáil" | |
Fianna Fáil | |
| Frank Feighan | Health | Public Health, Well Being and National Drugs Strategy
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #6699FF;" data-sort-value="Fine Gael" | |
Fine Gael | |
Changes 15 July 2020Following the appointment of Calleary to Government.[16] | ||||
| Name | Department(s) | Responsibilities | Party | |
| Jack Chambers (In attendance at cabinet) |
Taoiseach Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht Transport, Tourism and Sport[e] |
Government Chief Whip[20] Gaeltacht Sport style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #66BB66;" data-sort-value="Fianna Fáil" | |
Fianna Fáil | |
| Seán Fleming | Finance | Financial Services, Credit Unions and Insurance
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #66BB66;" data-sort-value="Fianna Fáil" | |
Fianna Fáil | |
- ^ Following the formal reconfiguration of Departments, Rabbitte will be assigned to the Department of Children, Disability, Equality and Integration.[18]
- ^ Following the formal reconfiguration of Departments, Noonan will be assigned to the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage.[18]
- ^ Following the formal reconfiguration of Departments, Troy will be assigned to the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment.[18]
- ^ Following the formal reconfiguration of Departments, English will be assigned to the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment.[18]
- ^ Following the formal reconfiguration of Departments, Chambers will be assigned to the Department of Media, Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sport and the Gaeltacht.[18]
See also
References
- ^ "FF, FG and Green Party agree historic coalition deal". RTÉ News and Current Affairs. 26 June 2020. Retrieved 26 June 2020.
- ^ Blackall, Molly; agencies (27 June 2020). "Micheál Martin becomes Irish taoiseach in historic coalition". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 28 June 2020.
{{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|1=(help) - ^ O'Halloran, Marie; Kelly, Fiach; Leahy, Pat (27 June 2020). "Micheál Martin elected Taoiseach as head of coalition". The Irish Times. Retrieved 28 June 2020.
- ^ Constitution of Ireland, Article 28.11.
- ^ "Nomination of Taoiseach – Dáil Éireann (33rd Dáil) – Thursday, 20 February 2020". Houses of the Oireachtas. Retrieved 28 June 2020.
- ^ "Nomination of Taoiseach (Resumed) – Dáil Éireann (33rd Dáil) – Saturday, 27 June 2020". Houses of the Oireachtas. Retrieved 28 June 2020.
- ^ "President Higgins presents Taoiseach with Seal of Office". President of Ireland. 27 June 2020. Retrieved 27 June 2020.
- ^ a b c d "Appointment of Taoiseach and Nomination of Members of Government: Motion – Dáil Éireann (33rd Dáil) – Saturday, 29 June 2020". Houses of the Oireachtas. Retrieved 29 June 2020.
- ^ "Nomination of Taoiseach (Resumed) – Votes – Dáil Éireann (33rd Dáil) – Saturday, 27 June 2020". Houses of the Oireachtas. Retrieved 28 June 2020.
That Dáil Éireann nominate Deputy Micheál Martin for appointment by the President to be Taoiseach
- ^ Lehane, Mícheál (27 June 2020). "New coalition Cabinet: who has got what". RTÉ News and Current Affairs. Retrieved 27 June 2020.
- ^ "Statement by the Taoiseach, Michéal Martin TD, Announcement of Government". gov.ie. Government of Ireland. 27 June 2020. Retrieved 27 June 2020.
- ^ "President appoints members of Government". President of Ireland. 27 June 2020. Retrieved 29 June 2020.
{{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|1=(help) - ^ a b c "Appointment of Ministers and Ministers of State – Dáil Éireann (33rd Dáil) – Tuesday, 7 July 2020". Houses of the Oireachtas. Retrieved 7 July 2020.
- ^ a b "Termination of Ministerial Appointment: Announcement by Taoiseach – Dáil Éireann (33rd Dáil) – Tuesday, 14 July 2020". Houses of the Oireachtas. Retrieved 15 July 2020.
- ^ "Barry Cowen sacked as Minister for Agriculture". RTÉ News. 14 July 2020. Retrieved 14 July 2020.
- ^ a b "Nomination of Member of Government: Motion – Dáil Éireann (33rd Dáil) – Wednesday, 14 July 2020". Houses of the Oireachtas. Retrieved 15 July 2020.
- ^ "Dara Calleary appointed new Minister for Agriculture". RTÉ News. 15 July 2020. Retrieved 15 July 2020.
- ^ a b c d e f "Minister of State Appointments". MerrionStreet.ie. 1 July 2020. Retrieved 2 July 2020.
- ^ "Statistics (Delegation of Ministerial Functions) Order 2020". 13 July 2020. Retrieved 18 July 2020.
- ^ "Statistics (Delegation of Ministerial Functions) (No. 2) Order 2020". 27 July 2020. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
 Governments of member states of the European Union | |
|---|---|
