Government of the 30th Dáil explained

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 lasted days. The 28th government of Ireland (7 May 2008 – 9 March 2011) was led by Brian Cowen as Taoiseach and lasted days. The governments 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.

27th government of Ireland

Cabinet Name:	27th government of Ireland
Cabinet Type:	Government
Jurisdiction:	Ireland
Date Formed:	14 June 2007
Date Dissolved:	7 May 2008
Government Head Title:	Taoiseach
Government Head:	Bertie Ahern
Deputy Government Head Title:	Tánaiste
Deputy Government Head:	Brian Cowen
State Head Title:	President
State Head:	Mary McAleese
Total Number:	15
Legislature Status:	Coalition
Opposition Party:	Fine Gael
Opposition Leader:	Enda Kenny
Election:	2007 general election
Previous:	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 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 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
width=80px	Vote	width=485px	Parties	width=80px align="center"	Votes
Yes	Fianna Fáil (77), Green Party (6), Independent (4), Progressive Democrats (2)
No	Fine Gael (51), Labour Party (20), Sinn Féin (4), Independent (1)
Not voting	Ceann Comhairle (1)

Government ministers

After his appointment by the president, Bertie Ahern proposed the members of the government and they were approved by the Dáil. They were appointed by the president on the same day.^{[4] [5]}

Office	Name	Party
Taoiseach	Bertie Ahern		Fianna Fáil
Tánaiste	Brian Cowen
Minister for Finance
Minister for Health and Children	Mary Harney
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
Minister for Social and Family Affairs	Martin Cullen
Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs	Éamon Ó Cuív
Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food	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	Eamon Ryan		Green Party
Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government	John Gormley

Changes to Departments

Attorney General

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

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. 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.^[6] This legislation increased the number of Ministers of State from 17 to 20 and was enacted on 9 July 2007.^[7] Kitt and Brendan Smith attended meetings of the cabinet.^[8]

Name	Department(s)	Responsibility	Party
Tom Kitt	Taoiseach^[9] Defence	Government Chief Whip Defence
Brendan Smith	Health and Children^[10] Justice, Equality and Law Reform^[11] Education and Science	Children
Dick Roche	Foreign Affairs	European Affairs
Michael Kitt	Foreign Affairs	Overseas Development
Seán Haughey	Education and Science^[12] Enterprise, Trade and Employment	Lifelong Learning, Youth Work and School Transport
Billy Kelleher	Enterprise, Trade and Employment^[13]	Labour Affairs
Trevor Sargent	Agriculture, Fisheries and Food^[14]	Food and Horticulture
Noel Ahern	Finance	Office of Public Works
Tony Killeen	Environment, Heritage and Local Government^[15] Communications, Energy and Natural Resources	Environment and Energy
Mary Wallace	Agriculture, Fisheries and Food^[16]	Forestry
Batt O'Keeffe	Environment, Heritage and Local Government^[17]	Housing, Urban Renewal and Developing Areas
Pat Carey	Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs	Drugs Strategy and Community Affairs
Conor Lenihan	Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs Education and Science Justice, Equality and Law Reform	Integration Policy
Michael Ahern	Education and Science Enterprise, Trade and Employment^[18]	Innovation Policy
Pat "the Cope" Gallagher	Health and Children^[19]	Health Promotion and Food Safety
Seán Power	Justice, Equality and Law Reform	Equality Issues
John Browne	Agriculture, Fisheries and Food	Fisheries
Appointments after 9 July 2007 Following the increase in the number of Ministers of State.
Name	Department(s)	Responsibility	Party
John McGuinness	Enterprise, Trade and Employment^[20]	Trade and Commerce
Jimmy Devins	Health and Children^[21] Education and Science Enterprise, Trade and Employment Justice, Equality and Law Reform^[22]	Disability Issues and Mental Health
Máire Hoctor	Health and Children^[23] Social and Family Affairs Environment, Heritage and Local Government	Older People

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.^[24]

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.^[25]

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.^{[26] [27]}

28th government of Ireland

Cabinet Name:	28th government of Ireland
Cabinet Type:	Government
Jurisdiction:	Ireland
Date Formed:	7 May 2008
Date Dissolved:	9 March 2011
Government Head Title:	Taoiseach
Government Head:	Brian Cowen
Deputy Government Head Title:	Tánaiste
Deputy Government Head:	Mary Coughlan
State Head Title:	President
State Head:	Mary McAleese
Total Number:	15
Legislature Status:	Coalition
Opposition Cabinet:	Second Kenny front bench
Opposition Party:	Fine Gael
Previous:	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, the Green Party and Mary Harney, continuing as an Independent minister.

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;^[28] 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.^[29]

The government was dominated by responses to the economic downturn, culminating in a troika of the EU/ECB/IMF troika directing the government's financial decisions in November 2010.

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.^[30] Cowen was appointed as Taoiseach by President Mary McAleese.^[31]

7 May 2008 Nomination of Brian Cowen (FF) as Taoiseach^[32] Motion proposed by Bertie Ahern and seconded by John Gormley Absolute majority: 84/166
width=80px	Vote	width=485px	Parties	width=80px align="center"	Votes
Yes	Fianna Fáil (76), Green Party (6), Independent (4), Progressive Democrats (2)
No	Fine Gael (51), Labour Party (20), Sinn Féin (4), Independent (1)
Absent or Not voting	Ceann Comhairle (1), Fianna Fáil (1)

Government ministers

After his appointment by the president, Brian Cowen proposed the members of the government and they were approved by the Dáil. They were appointed by the president on the same day.^{[33] [34]}

Office	Name	Term	Party
Taoiseach	Brian Cowen	2008–2011
Tánaiste	Mary Coughlan	2008–2011
Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment		2008–2010
Minister for Finance	Brian Lenihan	2008–2011
Minister for Health and Children	Mary Harney	2008–2011
Minister for Transport	Noel Dempsey	2008–2011
Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform	Dermot Ahern	2008–2011
Minister for Foreign Affairs	Micheál Martin	2008–2011
Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism	Martin Cullen	2008–2010
Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs	Éamon Ó Cuív	2008–2010
Minister for Social and Family Affairs	Mary Hanafin	2008–2010
Minister for Defence	Willie O'Dea	2008–2010
Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government	John Gormley	2008–2011
Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources	Eamon Ryan	2008–2011
Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food	Brendan Smith	2008–2011
Minister for Education and Science	Batt O'Keeffe	2008–2010
Changes 23 March 2010 Resignation of Willie O'Dea on 18 February^[35] and Martin Cullen on 23 March^[36] ^[37] ^[38]
Office	Name	Term	Party
Minister for Education and Skills	Mary Coughlan	2010–2011
Minister for Social Protection	Éamon Ó Cuív	2010–2011
Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport	Mary Hanafin	2010–2011
	Batt O'Keeffe	2010–2011
	Pat Carey	2010–2011
Minister for Defence	Tony Killeen	2010–2011
Change 19 January 2011 Resignation of Mícheál Martin.^[39]
Office	Name	Term	Party
Minister for Foreign Affairs	Brian Cowen	2011
Changes 20 January 2011 Resignation of Mary Harney, Noel Dempsey, Dermot Ahern, Batt O'Keeffe and Tony Killeen.^[40]
Office	Name	Term	Party
Minister for Defence	Éamon Ó Cuív	2011
Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation	Mary Hanafin	2011
Minister for Health and Children	Mary Coughlan	2011
Minister for Justice and Law Reform	Brendan Smith	2011
Minister for Transport	Pat Carey	2011
Changes 23 January 2011 Resignation of Green Party ministers John Gormley and Eamon Ryan.^[41]
Office	Name	Term	Party
Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources	Pat Carey	2011
Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government	Éamon Ó Cuív	2011

Changes to departments

Attorney General

On 7 May 2008, Paul Gallagher was appointed by the president as Attorney General on the nomination of the Taoiseach.^[42]

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.^[43] Carey and Andrews would attend meetings of the cabinet.^[44] On 13 May 2008, Cowen announced the appointment by the government on his nomination of 16 further ministers of state.^{[45] [46]}

Name	Department(s)	Responsibility	Party
Pat Carey	Taoiseach^[47] Defence	Government Chief Whip Active Citizenship
Barry Andrews	Health and Children^[48] Education and Science^[49] Justice, Equality and Law Reform^[50]	Children and Youth Affairs
Dick Roche	Taoiseach Foreign Affairs	European Affairs
Trevor Sargent	Agriculture, Fisheries and Food^[51]	Food and Horticulture
Noel Ahern	Transport^[52]	Road Safety
Seán Power	Communications, Energy and Natural Resources^[53]	Information Society and Natural Resources
Tony Killeen	Agriculture, Fisheries and Food^[54]	Fisheries and Forestry
Conor Lenihan	Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs Education and Science Justice, Equality and Law Reform	Integration Policy
Mary Wallace	Health and Children^[55]	Health Promotion and Food Safety
Seán Haughey	Education and Science^[56] Enterprise, Trade and Employment	Lifelong Learning and School Transport
Michael Kitt	Environment, Heritage and Local Government^[57]	Local Services
Billy Kelleher	Enterprise, Trade and Employment^[58]	Labour Affairs
John McGuinness	Enterprise, Trade and Employment^[59]	Trade and Commerce
Jimmy Devins	Education and Science Enterprise, Trade and Employment^[60]	Science, Technology and Innovation
Máire Hoctor	Health and Children^[61] Social and Family Affairs Environment, Heritage and Local Government	Older People
John Moloney	Health and Children^[62] Education and Science Enterprise, Trade and Employment Justice, Equality and Law Reform	Equality, Disability Issues and Mental Health
Michael Finneran	Environment, Heritage and Local Government^[63]	Housing, Urban Renewal and Developing Areas
John Curran	Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs^[64]	Drugs Strategy and Community Affairs
Peter Power	Foreign Affairs	Overseas Development
Martin Mansergh	Finance Arts, Sport and Tourism^[65]	Office of Public Works Arts
Changes 22 April 2009 On 22 April 2009, Taoiseach Brian Cowen sought the resignation of all 20 ministers of state. He then nominated a reduced number of 15 ministers of state for appointment by the government as part of cost-cutting measures due to the Irish financial crisis. These included 13 of the outgoing ministers, as well as two new appointments, Dara Calleary and Áine Brady.^[66] ^[67] Those not reappointed were Noel Ahern, John McGuinness, Michael Kitt, Seán Power, Máire Hoctor, Mary Wallace and Jimmy Devins.^[68]
Name	Department(s)	Responsibility	Party
Pat Carey	Taoiseach^[69] Defence	Government Chief Whip Active Citizenship
Barry Andrews	Health and Children^[70] Education and Science Justice, Equality and Law Reform	Children and Young People
Dick Roche	Taoiseach Foreign Affairs	European Affairs
Trevor Sargent	Agriculture, Fisheries and Food^[71] Health and Children^[72]	Food and Horticulture
Tony Killeen	Agriculture, Fisheries and Food^[73]	Fisheries and Forestry
Conor Lenihan	Enterprise, Trade and Employment^[74] Education and Science Communications, Energy and Natural Resources^[75]	Science, Technology, Innovation and Natural Resources
Seán Haughey	Education and Science^[76] Enterprise, Trade and Employment	Lifelong Learning and School Transport
Billy Kelleher	Enterprise, Trade and Employment^[77]	Trade and Commerce
John Moloney	Health and Children^[78] Education and Science Enterprise, Trade and Employment Justice, Equality and Law Reform	Equality, Disability Issues and Mental Health
Michael Finneran	Environment, Heritage and Local Government^[79]	Housing and Local Services
John Curran	Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs^[80] Education and Science Justice, Equality and Law Reform	Drugs Strategy and Community Affairs
Peter Power	Foreign Affairs	Overseas Development
Martin Mansergh	Finance Arts, Sport and Tourism^[81]	Office of Public Works Arts
Áine Brady	Health and Children^[82] Social and Family Affairs Environment, Heritage and Local Government	Older People and Health Promotion
Dara Calleary	Enterprise, Trade and Employment^[83]	Labour Affairs
Changes 23 March 2010 Following the resignation of Trevor Sargent on 23 February 2010,^[84] ^[85] and the appointment of Carey and Killeen to government.^[86] ^[87]
Name	Department(s)	Responsibility	Party
John Curran ^[88]	Taoiseach^[89] Defence	Government Chief Whip Active Citizenship
John Moloney	Health and Children^[90] Education and Skills Enterprise, Trade and Innovation Justice and Law Reform	Disability Issues and Mental Health
Dara Calleary	Taoiseach Finance Enterprise, Trade and Innovation^[91]	Public Service Transformation and Labour Affairs
Ciarán Cuffe	Agriculture, Fisheries and Food^[92] Transport Environment, Heritage and Local Government^[93]	Horticulture, Sustainable Travel and Planning; and Heritage
Seán Connick	Agriculture, Fisheries and Food^[94]	Fisheries and Forestry
Mary White	Justice and Law Reform Community, Equality and Gaeltacht Affairs^[95] Education and Skills	Equality and Human Rights; and Integration
Changes 23 January 2011 Ciarán Cuffe and Mary White resigned on 23 January 2011 after the Green Party withdrew from government.^[96]

Constitutional referendums

On 12 June 2008, a referendum was held on the approval of the Treaty of Lisbon. This was defeated, by a margin of 46.6% to 53.4%. On 15 October 2009, a second referendum was held on its approval, which was approved by 67.1% to 32.9%.

Budgets

The Minister for Finance, Brian Lenihan, delivered the following budgets:

• 2009 budget, on 14 October 2008
• 2009 emergency budget, on 7 April 2009
• 2010 Irish budget, on 9 December 2009
• 2011 Irish budget, on 7 December 2010

Motions of confidence

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.^[97]

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.^[98] Nevertheless, Willie O'Dea did resign the following day.^[99]

On 15 June 2010, a motion of confidence in the Taoiseach and the government by Taoiseach Brian Cowen was approved with 82 votes in favour and 77 against.^{[100] [101]}

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.^[102]

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