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The Taoiseach (/ ˈ t iː ʃ ə x / ⓘ, TEE-shuhk) [d] is the head of government or prime minister of Ireland. [a] The office is appointed by the President of Ireland upon nomination by Dáil Éireann (the lower house of the Oireachtas, Ireland's national legislature) and the office-holder must retain the support of a majority in the Dáil to remain in office.
The Minister for Climate, Environment and Energy (Irish: An tAire Aeráide, Comhshaoil agus Fuinnimh) is a senior minister in the Government of Ireland and leads the Department of Climate, Environment and Energy. The current Minister for Climate, Environment and Energy is Darragh O'Brien, TD. He is also Minister for Transport.
The Government of Ireland (Irish: Rialtas na hÉireann) is the executive authority of Ireland, headed by the Taoiseach, the head of government.The government – also known as the cabinet – is composed of ministers, each of whom must be a member of the Oireachtas, which consists of Dáil Éireann and Seanad Éireann.
Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald was proposed for nomination as Taoiseach, with other parties abstaining from nomination as the government formation talks had not yet concluded. [4] McDonald failed to obtain majority support. [4] On 22 January 2025, the Dáil again met to consider nominations for the position of Taoiseach.
Haughey resigned as Taoiseach, continuing to serve in a caretaker capacity. [2] [3] The Dáil met again on 3 July and on 6 July, but no vote was taken on the nomination of the Taoiseach. [4] [5] On 12 July, Fianna Fáil and Progressive Democrats had agreed to form a coalition government, the 21st government of Ireland (12 July 1989 – 11 ...
The position of Taoiseach was created under Articles 13.1 and 28.5 of the Constitution of Ireland, which was approved on 1 July 1937. [5] Under the Constitution (Consequential Provisions) Act 1937, the Department of the President of the Executive Council was renamed as the Department of the Taoiseach from and after the coming into operation of ...
Environment: Office of Public Works Environmental Protection [22] Fine Gael: 13 February 1986: 10 March 1987: Garret FitzGerald: 19th: Taoiseach [26] Finance Transport, Energy and Communications: Consumers of Public Services [27] 27 January 1995: 26 June 1997: John Bruton: 24th: 5 Mary Harney [a] (born 1953) [28] Environment [15] [29 ...
The head of government, or prime minister, of Ireland is known as the Taoiseach and heads a cabinet called the Government.However, since 1919, heads of government in the Irish state have borne a number of titles.