Abstract is: The Government of Ireland (Irish: Rialtas na hÉireann) is the cabinet that exercises executive authority in Ireland. The Constitution of Ireland vests executive authority in a government which is headed by the Taoiseach, the head of government. The government is composed of ministers, each of whom must be a member of the Oireachtas, which consists of Dáil Éireann and Seanad Éireann. The Taoiseach must be nominated by the Dáil, the house of representatives. Following the nomination of the Dáil, the President of Ireland appoints the Taoiseach to their role. The President also appoints members of the government, including the Tánaiste, the deputy head of government, on the nomination of the Taoiseach and their approval by the Dáil. The government is dependent upon the Oireachtas to pass primary legislation and as such, the government needs to command a majority in the Dáil in order to ensure support and confidence for budgets and government bills to pass. The Government is also known as the cabinet. The current government took office on 27 June 2020 with Micheál Martin, leader of Fianna Fáil, as Taoiseach. The Tánaiste is Leo Varadkar, leader of Fine Gael. It is a minority coalition government of Fianna Fáil, Fine Gael and the Green Party. It was formed after protracted government negotiations following a general election on 8 February 2020.
government | Q7188 |
P1711 | British Museum person or institution ID | 152820 |
P646 | Freebase ID | /m/043lk6x |
P2427 | GRID ID | grid.484183.2 |
P213 | ISNI | 0000000403716733 |
P6366 | Microsoft Academic ID | 2800263200 |
P856 | official website | https://www.gov.ie/ |
P10283 | OpenAlex ID | I2800263200 |
P3500 | Ringgold ID | 162630 |
P6782 | ROR ID | 014jtt019 |
P4527 | UK Parliament thesaurus ID | 41080 |
P1001 | applies to jurisdiction | Ireland | Q27 |
P17 | country | Ireland | Q27 |
P527 | has part(s) | Taoiseach | Q191827 |
Tánaiste | Q1146214 | ||
Minister for Finance (Ireland) | Q4294945 | ||
Minister for Defence (Ireland) | Q6865781 | ||
Minister for Education (Ireland) | Q6865816 | ||
Minister for Foreign Affairs (Ireland) | Q6865853 | ||
Minister for Health (Ireland) | Q6865864 | ||
Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment | Q6865902 | ||
Minister for Justice (Ireland) | Q6865904 | ||
Minister for Social Protection | Q6865958 | ||
Minister for Transport (Ireland) | Q6865981 | ||
Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage | Q6866004 | ||
P131 | located in the administrative territorial entity | Ireland | Q27 |
P1830 | owner of | Dublin Airport | Q178021 |
Dublin Castle | Q742767 | ||
P910 | topic's main category | Category:Government of Ireland | Q8496318 |
FileName: Coat of arms of Ireland.svg
Description: Arms of Ireland. Blazon: Azure, a harp or stringed argent. With 14 strings shown.
Artist: Setanta Saki
License: Public domain