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Government of Ireland

  • Irish: Rialtas na hÉireann

Governs Ireland

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Who sits on it

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  • Taoiseach irishstatutebook.ie · checked
  • Micheál Martin as Taoiseach api.oireachtas.ie · checked
  • Tánaiste irishstatutebook.ie · checked
  • Simon Harris as Tánaiste gov.ie · checked
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  • Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine irishstatutebook.ie · checked
  • Martin Heydon as Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine api.oireachtas.ie · checked
  • Minister for Children, Disability and Equality irishstatutebook.ie · checked
  • Norma Foley as Minister for Children, Disability and Equality api.oireachtas.ie · checked
  • Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment irishstatutebook.ie · checked
  • Darragh O'Brien as Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment api.oireachtas.ie · checked
  • Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport irishstatutebook.ie · checked
  • Patrick O'Donovan as Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport api.oireachtas.ie · checked
  • Minister for Defence irishstatutebook.ie · checked
  • Helen McEntee as Minister for Defence api.oireachtas.ie · checked
  • Minister for Education and Youth irishstatutebook.ie · checked
  • Hildegarde Naughton as Minister for Education and Youth api.oireachtas.ie · checked
  • Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment irishstatutebook.ie · checked
  • Peter Burke as Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment api.oireachtas.ie · checked
  • Minister for Finance irishstatutebook.ie · checked
  • Simon Harris as Minister for Finance api.oireachtas.ie · checked
  • Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade irishstatutebook.ie · checked
  • Helen McEntee as Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade api.oireachtas.ie · checked
  • Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science irishstatutebook.ie · checked
  • James Lawless as Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science api.oireachtas.ie · checked
  • Minister for Health irishstatutebook.ie · checked
  • Jennifer Carroll MacNeill as Minister for Health api.oireachtas.ie · checked
  • Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage irishstatutebook.ie · checked
  • James Browne as Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage api.oireachtas.ie · checked
  • Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration irishstatutebook.ie · checked
  • Jim O'Callaghan as Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration api.oireachtas.ie · checked
  • Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation irishstatutebook.ie · checked
  • Jack Chambers as Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation api.oireachtas.ie · checked
  • Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht irishstatutebook.ie · checked
  • Dara Calleary as Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht api.oireachtas.ie · checked
  • Minister for Social Protection irishstatutebook.ie · checked
  • Dara Calleary as Minister for Social Protection api.oireachtas.ie · checked
  • Minister for Transport irishstatutebook.ie · checked
  • Darragh O'Brien as Minister for Transport api.oireachtas.ie · checked
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What it can do

  • Executive power of the State

    Exercises the executive power of the State, subject to the Constitution, and is collectively responsible to Dáil Éireann (Art. 28.2 and 28.4).

  • Prepares the annual budget estimates

    Prepares estimates of receipts and expenditure for each financial year for presentation to Dáil Éireann (Art. 28.4.4).

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  • irishstatutebook.ie · checked Constitution of Ireland (Bunreacht na hÉireann), Irish Statute Book, read 2026-10-12: existence, composition and powers of the President, Government, Oireachtas, Dáil, Seanad and courts. For: Government of Ireland
  • irishstatutebook.ie · checked Bunreacht na hÉireann (Irish text) and oireachtas.ie / logainm.ie: Irish-language names of the State, provinces, institutions and offices. For: Government of Ireland in Irish
  • irishstatutebook.ie · checked Constitution of Ireland, article cited in each power description, read 2026-10-12. For: Executive power of the State, Prepares the annual budget estimates
  • irishstatutebook.ie · checked Constitution of Ireland, Irish Statute Book, read 2026-10-12: how each office is chosen (Arts. 12, 13, 15, 16, 18, 28, 35). Seat counts: Oireachtas members list; Supreme Court composition: supremecourt.ie judges page, read 2026-10-12. For: Taoiseach, Tánaiste, Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Minister for Children, Disability and Equality, Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment and 14 more
  • irishstatutebook.ie · checked Constitution of Ireland, Irish Statute Book, read 2026-10-12: Art. 28.6.1 "The Taoiseach shall nominate a member of the Government to be the Tánaiste"; selector corrected from the President to the Taoiseach. For: Tánaiste
  • api.oireachtas.ie · checked Houses of the Oireachtas Open Data API, member office ranges (Ceann Comhairle, Leas-Cheann Comhairle, Cathaoirleach, Taoiseach), read 2026-10-12. For: Micheál Martin as Taoiseach
  • gov.ie · checked Department of Finance, gov.ie, biography of Simon Harris, last updated 6 July 2026, read 2026-10-12: "appointed to the role of Tánaiste on 23 January 2025 and appointed as Minister for Finance on 18 November 2025". Official confirmation of terms 47365 and 47373. For: Simon Harris as Tánaiste
  • en.wikipedia.org · checked Wikipedia, Tánaiste, read 2026-10-12: Simon Harris, appointed 23 January 2025. Fallback: Wikipedia, because the Oireachtas API does not list the Tánaiste office and gov.ie returned HTTP 403; to be confirmed against gov.ie. For: Simon Harris as Tánaiste
  • api.oireachtas.ie · checked Houses of the Oireachtas Open Data API, ministerial offices with no end date, read 2026-10-12 (reflects the November 2025 reshuffle). Ministers of State not loaded. For: Martin Heydon as Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Norma Foley as Minister for Children, Disability and Equality, Darragh O'Brien as Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment, Patrick O'Donovan as Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport, Helen McEntee as Minister for Defence and 12 more
  • api.oireachtas.ie · checked Houses of the Oireachtas Open Data API, member office ranges, read 2026-10-12, with gov.ie "Government Ministers" (last updated 2 June 2026): the same minister has held this department continuously since 23 January 2025; the later range starts only when the department was renamed (May/June 2025) or re-recorded under the same title (Transport, Social Protection). Start date set to the appointment, 2025-01-23. For: Norma Foley as Minister for Children, Disability and Equality, Darragh O'Brien as Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment, Patrick O'Donovan as Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport, Peter Burke as Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment, Jim O'Callaghan as Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration and 4 more

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