Government of the 30th Dáil

There were two Governments of the 30th Dáil, which was elected at the 2007 general election on 24 May 2007. The 27th Government of Ireland (14 June 2007 – 7 May 2008) was led by Bertie Ahern as Taoiseach, and the 28th Government of Ireland (7 May 2008 – 9 March 2011) was led by Brian Cowen as Taoiseach. Both were formed as coalition governments of Fianna Fáil, the Green Party and the Progressive Democrats. The Progressive Democrats disbanded in November 2009 and Mary Harney continued as an Independent member of the government until 20 January 2011. The Green Party left government on 23 January 2011.

The 27th Government lasted 328 days and the 28th Government lasted 1036 days.

27th Government of Ireland

Government of the 30th Dáil
27th Government of Ireland
Date formed	14 June 2007
Date dissolved	7 May 2008
People and organisations
President	Mary McAleese
Taoiseach	Bertie Ahern
Tánaiste	Brian Cowen
Total no. of members	15
Member parties	Fianna Fáil Green Party Progressive Democrats
Status in legislature	Coalition
Opposition party	Fine Gael
Opposition leader	Enda Kenny
History
Election(s)	2007 general election
Legislature term(s)	30th Dáil 23rd Seanad
Predecessor	26th Government
Successor	28th Government

The 27th Government of Ireland was composed of Fianna Fáil, the Green Party and the Progressive Democrats. It was also supported by four Independent TDs: Beverley Flynn, Jackie Healy-Rae, Michael Lowry and Finian McGrath. Flynn later rejoined the Fianna Fáil parliamentary party in April 2008.

Nomination of Taoiseach

The members of the 30th Dáil first met on 14 June. In the debate on the nomination of Taoisech, both outgoing Taoiseach and Fianna Fáil leader Bertie Ahern and Fine Gael leader Enda Kenny were proposed. Ahern received the nomination of the Dáil.[1] Ahern was then re-appointed as Taoiseach by President Mary McAleese.[2]

14 June 2007 Nomination of Bertie Ahern (FF) as Taoiseach[3] Motion proposed by Brian Cowen and seconded by Trevor Sargent Absolute majority: 84/166
Vote	Parties	Votes
Y Yes	Fianna Fáil (77), Green Party (6), Independent (4), Progressive Democrats (2)	89 / 166
No	Fine Gael (51), Labour Party (20), Sinn Féin (4), Independent (1)	76 / 166
Not voting	Ceann Comhairle (1)	1 / 166

Members of the Government

After his appointment by the president, Bertie Ahern proposed the members of the government and they were approved by the Dáil.[2] They were appointed by the president on the same day.[4]

Office	Name	Party
Taoiseach	Bertie Ahern		Fianna Fáil
Tánaiste	Brian Cowen
Minister for Finance
Minister for Health and Children	Mary Harney		Progressive Democrats
Minister for Transport	Noel Dempsey		Fianna Fáil
Minister for Foreign Affairs	Dermot Ahern
Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment	Micheál Martin
Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism	Séamus Brennan
Minister for Social and Family Affairs	Martin Cullen
Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs	Éamon Ó Cuív
Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food[lower-alpha 1]	Mary Coughlan
Minister for Education and Science	Mary Hanafin
Minister for Defence	Willie O'Dea
Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform	Brian Lenihan
Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources[lower-alpha 2]	Eamon Ryan		Green Party
Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government	John Gormley

Changes to Departments

1. The Department of Agriculture and Food was renamed the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine on 20 October 2007.[5]
2. The Department of Communications, Marine and Natural Resources was renamed the Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources on 20 October 2007.[6]

Attorney General

On 14 June 2007, Paul Gallagher was appointed by the president as Attorney General on the nomination of the Taoiseach.[2][4]

Ministers of State

On 14 June 2007, Ahern announced to the Dáil that the Government on his nomination would re-appoint Tom Kitt, TD to the post of Minister for State at the Department of the Taoiseach with special responsibility as Government Chief Whip and Minister of State at the Department of Defence, and would appoint Dick Roche, TD to the position of Minister of State at the Department of Foreign Affairs, with special responsibility for European Affairs.[2] On 20 June 2007, the Taoiseach announced the government had appointed of a further 15 Ministers of State on his nomination, as well as the names of three Ministers of State the government would appoint on his nomination after the passage of the Ministers and Secretaries (Ministers of State) Act 2007.[4] This legislation increased the number of Ministers of State from 17 to 20 and was enacted on 9 July 2007.[7]

Name	Department(s)	Responsibilities	Party
Tom Kitt	Taoiseach Defence	Government Chief Whip Defence		Fianna Fáil
Dick Roche	Foreign Affairs	European Affairs		Fianna Fáil
Michael Kitt	Foreign Affairs	Overseas Development		Fianna Fáil
Seán Haughey	Education and Science Enterprise, Trade and Employment	Lifelong Learning, Youth Work and School Transport		Fianna Fáil
Billy Kelleher	Enterprise, Trade and Employment	Labour Affairs		Fianna Fáil
Trevor Sargent	Agriculture, Fisheries and Food	Food and Horticulture		Green Party
Noel Ahern	Finance	Office of Public Works		Fianna Fáil
Tony Killeen	Environment, Heritage and Local Government Communications, Energy and Natural Resources	Environment and Energy		Fianna Fáil
Mary Wallace	Agriculture, Fisheries and Food	Forestry		Fianna Fáil
Batt O'Keeffe	Environment, Heritage and Local Government	Housing, Urban Renewal and Developing Areas		Fianna Fáil
Pat Carey	Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs	Drugs Strategy and Community Affairs		Fianna Fáil
Brendan Smith	Health and Children	Children		Fianna Fáil
Conor Lenihan	Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs Education and Science Justice, Equality and Law Reform	Integration Policy		Fianna Fáil
Michael Ahern	Education and Science Enterprise, Trade and Employment	Innovation Policy		Fianna Fáil
Pat "the Cope" Gallagher	Health and Children	Health Promotion and Food Safety		Fianna Fáil
Seán Power	Justice, Equality and Law Reform	Equality Issues		Fianna Fáil
John Browne	Agriculture, Fisheries and Food	Fisheries		Fianna Fáil
Appointments after 9 July 2007 Following the increase in the number of Ministers of State.
Name	Department(s)	Responsibilities	Party
John McGuinness	Enterprise, Trade and Employment	Trade and Commerce		Fianna Fáil
Jimmy Devins	Health and Children Education and Science Enterprise, Trade and Employment	Disability Issues and Mental Health		Fianna Fáil
Máire Hoctor	Health and Children Social and Family Affairs Environment, Heritage and Local Government	Services for Older People		Fianna Fáil

Confidence in the Government

On 26 September 2007, a motion of confidence in the Taoiseach and the government proposed by Taoiseach Bertie Ahern was approved with 81 votes in favour and 76 against.[8]

On 28 November 2007, a motion of no confidence in the Minister for Health and Children Mary Harney was proposed by Jan O'Sullivan for the Labour Party. The motion was amended by the Minister, and the amended motion (now a vote of confidence) was carried, with 83 votes in favour to 73 votes against.[9]

Resignation

On 2 April 2008, Bertie Ahern announced his intention to resign as leader of Fianna Fáil. On 9 April, Brian Cowen was elected unopposed to succeed him. On 6 May, Ahern resigned as Taoiseach.[10]

28th Government of Ireland

Government of the 30th Dáil
28th Government of Ireland
Date formed	7 May 2008
Date dissolved	9 March 2011
People and organisations
President	Mary McAleese
Taoiseach	Brian Cowen
Tánaiste	Mary Coughlan
Total no. of members	15
Member parties	Fianna Fáil Green Party Progressive Democrats
Status in legislature	Coalition
Opposition cabinet	Second Kenny front bench
Opposition party	Fine Gael
Opposition leader	Enda Kenny
History
Legislature term(s)	30th Dáil 23rd Seanad
Budget(s)	2009, 2010, 2011
Predecessor	27th Government
Successor	29th Government

The 28th Government of Ireland was formed on 7 May 2008 following the resignation the previous day of Bertie Ahern as Taoiseach. The new Fianna Fáil leader Brian Cowen was nominated by the Dáil as Ireland's 12th head of government. It was initially composed of Fianna Fáil, the Green Party, the Progressive Democrats and supported by independent TDs Jackie Healy-Rae, Michael Lowry and Finian McGrath. McGrath later withdrew his support in October 2008. Following the disbandment of the Progressive Democrats in 2009, it became a coalition of Fianna Fáil and the Green Party with the support of three independent TDs, including Mary Harney. A cabinet reshuffle took place on 23 March 2010, following the resignations of Willie O'Dea and Martin Cullen. After the resignations of six ministers in January 2011, the vacant portfolios were reassigned to other ministers;[11] with the subsequent resignation of Brian Cowen as leader of Fianna Fáil on 22 January 2011, the Green Party withdrew their support from the government.[12]

Nomination of Taoiseach

On 7 May 2008, following the resignation of Bertie Ahern as Taoiseach, Fianna Fáil leader Brian Cowen, Fine Gael leader Enda Kenny and Labour Party leader Eamon Gilmore were each proposed to be nominated by Dáil Éireann for the position of Taoiseach. Cowen received the nomination of the Dáil.[13] Cowen was then appointed as Taoiseach by President Mary McAleese.[14]

7 May 2008 Nomination of Brian Cowen (FF) as Taoiseach[15] Motion proposed by Bertie Ahern and seconded by John Gormley Absolute majority: 84/166
Vote	Parties	Votes
Y Yes	Fianna Fáil (76), Green Party (6), Independent (4), Progressive Democrats (2)	88 / 166
No	Fine Gael (51), Labour Party (20), Sinn Féin (4), Independent (1)	76 / 166
Absent or Not voting	Ceann Comhairle (1), Fianna Fáil (1)	2 / 166

Members of the Government

After his appointment by the president, Brian Cowen proposed the members of the government and they were approved by the Dáil.[14] They were appointed by the president on the same day.[16]

Office	Name	Term	Party
Taoiseach	Brian Cowen	2008–11		Fianna Fáil
Tánaiste	Mary Coughlan	2008–11		Fianna Fáil
Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment		2008–10
Minister for Finance	Brian Lenihan	2008–11		Fianna Fáil
Minister for Health and Children	Mary Harney	2008–11		Independent
Minister for Transport	Noel Dempsey	2008–11		Fianna Fáil
Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform[lower-alpha 1]	Dermot Ahern	2008–11		Fianna Fáil
Minister for Foreign Affairs	Micheál Martin	2008–11		Fianna Fáil
Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism	Martin Cullen	2008–10		Fianna Fáil
Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs	Éamon Ó Cuív	2008–10		Fianna Fáil
Minister for Social and Family Affairs	Mary Hanafin	2008–10		Fianna Fáil
Minister for Defence	Willie O'Dea	2008–10		Fianna Fáil
Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government	John Gormley	2008–11		Green Party
Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources	Eamon Ryan	2008–11		Green Party
Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food	Brendan Smith	2008–11		Fianna Fáil
Minister for Education and Science	Batt O'Keeffe	2008–10		Fianna Fáil
Changes 23 March 2010 Resignation of Willie O'Dea and Martin Cullen.[18][19]
Office	Name	Term	Party
Minister for Education and Skills [lower-alpha 2]	Mary Coughlan	2010–11		Fianna Fáil
Minister for Social Protection [lower-alpha 3]	Éamon Ó Cuív	2010–11		Fianna Fáil
Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport [lower-alpha 4]	Mary Hanafin	2010–11		Fianna Fáil
Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation [lower-alpha 5]	Batt O'Keeffe	2010–11		Fianna Fáil
Minister for Community, Equality and Gaeltacht Affairs [lower-alpha 6]	Pat Carey	2010–11		Fianna Fáil
Minister for Defence	Tony Killeen	2010–11		Fianna Fáil
Change 19 January 2011 Resignation of Mícheál Martin.[25]
Office	Name	Term	Party
Minister for Foreign Affairs	Brian Cowen	2011		Fianna Fáil
Changes 20 January 2011 Resignation of Mary Harney, Noel Dempsey, Dermot Ahern, Batt O'Keeffe and Tony Killeen.[26]
Office	Name	Term	Party
Minister for Defence	Éamon Ó Cuív	2011		Fianna Fáil
Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation	Mary Hanafin	2011		Fianna Fáil
Minister for Health and Children	Mary Coughlan	2011		Fianna Fáil
Minister for Justice and Law Reform	Brendan Smith	2011		Fianna Fáil
Minister for Transport	Pat Carey	2011		Fianna Fáil
Changes 23 January 2011 Resignation of Green Party ministers John Gormley and Eamon Ryan.[27]
Office	Name	Term	Party
Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources	Pat Carey	2011		Fianna Fáil
Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government	Éamon Ó Cuív	2011		Fianna Fáil

Changes to departments

1. The Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform was renamed the Department of Justice and Law Reform on 2 June 2010.[17]
2. The Department of Education and Science was renamed the Department of Education and Skills on 2 May 2010.[20]
3. The Department of Social and Family Affairs was renamed the Department of Social Protection on 2 May 2010.[21]
4. The Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism was renamed the Department of Tourism, Culture and Sport on 2 May 2010.[22]
5. The Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment was renamed the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Innovation on 2 May 2010.[23]
6. The Department of Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs was renamed the Department of Community, Equality and Gaeltacht Affairs on 2 June 2010.[24]

Attorney General

On 7 May 2008, Paul Gallagher was appointed by the president as Attorney General on the nomination of the Taoiseach.[14][16]

Ministers of State

On 7 May 2008, Cowen announced that the Government would on his nomination appoint Pat Carey, Barry Andrews, Trevor Sargent, and Dick Roche as Ministers of State.[14] On 13 May 2008, Cowen announced the appointment by the Government on his nomination of 16 further Ministers of State.[16]

Name	Department(s)	Responsibilities	Party
Pat Carey	Taoiseach Defence	Government Chief Whip Minister of State at the Department of Defence Active Citizenship		Fianna Fáil
Barry Andrews	Health and Children	Children and Youth Affairs		Fianna Fáil
Martin Mansergh	Finance Arts, Sport and Tourism	Office of Public Works Arts		Fianna Fáil
Dick Roche	Foreign Affairs	European Affairs		Fianna Fáil
Peter Power	Foreign Affairs	Overseas Development		Fianna Fáil
Trevor Sargent	Agriculture, Fisheries and Food	Food and Horticulture		Green Party
Seán Haughey	Education and Science Enterprise, Trade and Employment	Lifelong Learning and School Transport		Fianna Fáil
Billy Kelleher	Enterprise, Trade and Employment	Labour Affairs		Fianna Fáil
John Moloney	Health and Children Education and Science Enterprise, Trade and Employment Justice, Equality and Law Reform	Equality, Disability Issues and Mental Health		Fianna Fáil
Seán Power	Communications, Energy and Natural Resources	Information Society and Natural Resources		Fianna Fáil
Tony Killeen	Agriculture, Fisheries and Food	Fisheries and Forestry		Fianna Fáil
John McGuinness	Enterprise, Trade and Employment	Minister of State for Trade and Commerce		Fianna Fáil
Máire Hoctor	Health and Children Social and Family Affairs Environment, Heritage and Local Government	Older People		Fianna Fáil
Michael Finneran	Environment, Heritage and Local Government	Housing, Urban Renewal and Developing Areas		Fianna Fáil
John Curran	Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs	Drugs Strategy and Community Affairs		Fianna Fáil
Conor Lenihan	Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs Education and Science Justice, Equality and Law Reform	Integration Policy		Fianna Fáil
Jimmy Devins	Education and Science Enterprise, Trade and Employment	Science, Technology and Innovation		Fianna Fáil
Mary Wallace	Health and Children	Health Promotion and Food Safety		Fianna Fáil
Noel Ahern	Transport	Road Safety		Fianna Fáil
Michael Kitt	Environment, Heritage and Local Government	Minister of State for Local Services		Fianna Fáil
Changes 22 April 2009 On 22 April 2009, the Taoiseach Brian Cowen reduced the number of Ministers of State from 20 to 15. As part of cost-cutting measures due to the Irish financial crisis, the Taoiseach Brian Cowen reduced the number of Ministers of State from 20 to 15. On 22 April 2009, the new junior ministers were announced, with 13 of the outgoing ministers being reappointed as well as two new appointments, Dara Calleary and Áine Brady. Those not reappointed were Noel Ahern, John McGuinness, Michael Kitt, Seán Power, Máire Hoctor, Mary Wallace and Jimmy Devins.[28][29]
Name	Department(s)	Responsibilities	Party
Pat Carey	Taoiseach Defence	Government Chief Whip Minister of State at the Department of Defence Active Citizenship		Fianna Fáil
Barry Andrews	Health and Children	Children and Young People		Fianna Fáil
Martin Mansergh	Finance Arts, Sport and Tourism	Office of Public Works Arts		Fianna Fáil
Dick Roche	Foreign Affairs	European Affairs		Fianna Fáil
Peter Power	Foreign Affairs	Overseas Development		Fianna Fáil
Trevor Sargent	Agriculture, Fisheries and Food	Food and Horticulture		Green Party
Billy Kelleher	Enterprise, Trade and Employment	Trade and Commerce		Fianna Fáil
Seán Haughey	Education and Science Enterprise, Trade and Employment	Lifelong Learning and School Transport		Fianna Fáil
John Moloney	Health and Children Education and Science Enterprise, Trade and Employment Justice, Equality and Law Reform	Equality, Disability Issues and Mental Health		Fianna Fáil
Tony Killeen	Agriculture, Fisheries and Food	Fisheries and Forestry		Fianna Fáil
Áine Brady	Health and Children Social and Family Affairs Environment, Heritage and Local Government	Older People and Health Promotion		Fianna Fáil
Michael Finneran	Environment, Heritage and Local Government	Housing and Local Services		Fianna Fáil
John Curran	Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs Education and Science Justice, Equality and Law Reform	Integration and Community		Fianna Fáil
Conor Lenihan	Enterprise, Trade and Employment Education and Science Communications, Energy and Natural Resources	Science, Technology, Innovation and Natural Resources		Fianna Fáil
Dara Calleary	Enterprise, Trade and Employment	Labour Affairs		Fianna Fáil
Changes 23 March 2010 Changes following the resignation of Trevor Sargent on 23 February 2010,[30] and the appointment of Carey and Killeen to government.[31][32][19]
Name	Department(s)	Responsibilities	Party
John Curran	Taoiseach Defence	Government Chief Whip Minister of State at the Department of Defence Active Citizenship		Fianna Fáil
John Moloney	Health and Children Education and Skills Enterprise, Trade and Innovation Justice and Law Reform	Disability Issues and Mental Health		Fianna Fáil
Dara Calleary	Taoiseach Finance Enterprise, Trade and Innovation	Public Service Transformation and Labour Affairs		Fianna Fáil
Ciarán Cuffe	Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Transport Environment, Heritage and Local Government	Horticulture, Sustainable Travel and Planning; and Heritage		Green Party
Seán Connick	Agriculture, Fisheries and Food	Fisheries and Forestry		Fianna Fáil
Mary White	Justice and Law Reform Community, Equality and Gaeltacht Affairs Education and Skills	Equality and Human Rights; and Integration		Green Party
Changes 23 January 2011 Ciarán Cuffe and Mary White resigned on 23 January 2011 after the Green Party withdrew from government.[33][27]

Confidence in the Government

On 10 June 2009, a motion of confidence in the government proposed by Taoiseach Brian Cowen was approved with 85 votes in favour and 79 against.[34]

On 17 February 2010, a motion of confidence in Minister for Defence Willie O'Dea proposed by Taoiseach Brian Cowen was approved with 80 votes in favour and 69 against.[35] Nevertheless, Willie O'Dea did resign the following day.[36]

Dissolution

On 1 February, the president dissolved the Dáil on the advice of the Taoiseach and a general election was held on 25 February 2011.[37]

See also

• Constitution of Ireland
• Politics of the Republic of Ireland

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