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Government Of The 21st Dáil
There were two governments of the 21st Dáil, which was elected at the 1977 Irish general election, 1977 general election on 16 June 1977. Both were single-party majority Fianna Fáil governments. The 15th government of Ireland (5 July 1977 – 11 December 1979) was led by Jack Lynch as Taoiseach and lasted for . The 16th government of Ireland (11 December 1979 – 30 June 1981) was led by Charles Haughey and lasted for . 15th government of Ireland Nomination of Taoiseach The 21st Dáil first met on 5 July 1977. In the debate on the Dáil vote for Taoiseach, nomination of Taoiseach, Fianna Fáil leader Jack Lynch was proposed, and this proposal was carried with 82 votes in favour and 61 votes against. Lynch was appointed as Taoiseach by president of Ireland, president Patrick Hillery. Members of the Government After his appointment as Taoiseach by the president, Jack Lynch proposed the members of the government and they were approved by the Dáil. They were appointed by the p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
21st Dáil
The 21st Dáil was elected at the 1977 Irish general election, 1977 general election on 16 June 1977 and met on 5 July 1977. The members of Dáil Éireann, the house of representatives of the Oireachtas (legislature) of Republic of Ireland, Ireland, are known as Teachta Dála, TDs. It sat with the 14th Seanad as the two Houses of the Oireachtas. The 21st Dáil saw a change of Taoiseach from Jack Lynch to Charles Haughey. On 21 May 1981, President of Ireland, President Patrick Hillery dissolved the Dáil on the request of Taoiseach Charles Haughey. The 21st Dáil lasted . Composition of the 21st Dáil In July 1977, Fianna Fáil, denoted with a bullet (), formed the 15th government of Ireland, a majority government, led by Jack Lynch as Taoiseach. In December 1979, Charles Haughey succeeded as Fianna Fáil leader and Taoiseach, forming the 16th government of Ireland. Graphical representation This is a graphical comparison of party strengths in the 21st Dáil from July 1977. This ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fianna Fáil Leader
''Fianna'' ( , ; singular ''Fian''; ) were small warrior-hunter bands in Gaelic Ireland during the Iron Age and early Middle Ages. A ''fian'' was made up of freeborn young men, often from the Gaelic nobility of Ireland, "who had left fosterage but had not yet inherited the property needed to settle down as full landowning members of the ''túath''". For most of the year they lived in the wild, hunting, cattle raiding other Irish clans, training, and fighting as mercenaries. Scholars believe the ''fian'' was a rite of passage into manhood, and have linked ''fianna'' with similar young warrior bands in other early European cultures. They are featured in a body of Irish legends known as the 'Fianna Cycle' or 'Fenian Cycle', which focuses on the adventures and heroic deeds of the ''fian'' leader Fionn mac Cumhaill and his band. In later tales, the ''fianna'' are more often depicted as household troops of the High Kings. The Fenian Brotherhood of the 19th-century and the ''Fiann ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Minister For Agriculture, Food And The Marine
The Minister for Agriculture, Food, Fisheries and the Marine () is a senior minister in the Government of Ireland and leads the Department of Agriculture, Food, Fisheries and the Marine. The current Minister for Agriculture, Food, Fisheries and the Marine is Martin Heydon. He is assisted by three ministers of state: * Noel Grealish, TD – Minister of State for food promotion, new markets, research and development * Michael Healy-Rae, TD – Minister of State for forestry, farm safety and horticulture * Timmy Dooley, TD – Minister of State for the marine Functions The department's functions include: *Policy advice and development on all areas of departmental responsibility *Representation in international especially European Union and national negotiations; *Development and implementation of national and EU schemes in support of agriculture, fisheries, forestry and rural development. *Monitoring and controlling aspects of food safety. *Control and audit of public expenditur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Minister For Transport (Ireland)
The Minister for Transport () is a senior minister (government), minister in the Government of Ireland and leads the Department of Transport (Ireland), Department of Transport. He is also Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications, Minister for Climate, Environment and Energy. The current Minister for Transport is Darragh O'Brien, Teachta Dála, TD. He is assisted by two Minister of State (Ireland), Ministers of State: *Seán Canney, TD – Minister of State at the Department of Transport, Minister of State for International and Road Transport and Logistics. *Jerry Buttimer, TD – Minister of State for Rural transport Overview The Minister and the department are responsible for implementing an integrated transport policy. Specific responsibilities which come under the aegis of the Minister for Transport in relation to national roads and to road transport in general include: delivering on the national roads programme as part of the national development plan; im ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Minister For Finance (Ireland)
The Minister for Finance () is a senior minister in the Government of Ireland. The Minister for Finance leads the Department of Finance and is responsible for all financial and monetary matters of the state; and is considered the second most important member of the Government of Ireland, after the Taoiseach. The current office holder is Paschal Donohoe, TD. He is assisted by one Minister of State Robert Troy, TD. Overview The Minister for Finance holds the second most important ministerial position in the Irish Cabinet after that of the Taoiseach. The minister is in charge of the Department of Finance responsible for all financial matters in Ireland. It is one of three positions in the government which the Constitution requires to be held by a member of Dáil Éireann, the other two being Taoiseach and Tánaiste. Ministers for finance who later became Taoiseach include Jack Lynch, Charles Haughey, Albert Reynolds, John Bruton, Bertie Ahern and Brian Cowen. The departme ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joe Sheridan
Joseph Michael Sheridan (27 November 1914 – 30 September 2000) was an Irish politician, originally with Fine Gael but for most of his career an independent. Sheridan came from Colmcille in County Longford, and had three brothers and two sisters. He moved to County Westmeath, first to Kilbeggan and then to Mullingar. An auctioneer and farmer by profession, he was elected to Westmeath County Council, and then to Seanad Éireann by the Agricultural Panel at a by-election on 14 May 1956. He was re-elected at the 1957 Seanad election, this time by the Labour Panel. He was elected to Dáil Éireann as an independent Teachta Dála (TD) for the Longford–Westmeath constituency at the 1961 general election. In spite of his Fine Gael background, he supported the minority Fianna Fáil government. He was re-elected at the 1965, 1969, 1973 and 1977 general elections. He concentrated on local constituency needs, with the electoral slogan "Vote for Joe, the Man you Know." He retired a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Independent Fianna Fáil
Independent Fianna Fáil (IFF), sometimes called the Independent Fianna Fáil Republican Party, was a splinter republican party in Republic of Ireland, Ireland created by Neil Blaney after his expulsion from Fianna Fáil following the Irish Arms Crisis (1969–1970). The party ceased to exist on 26 July 2006. It was never an officially registered political party: Niall Blaney said in 2003 "I am an Independent and a member of an organisation known locally as Independent Fianna Fáil". Its candidates were listed on ballot papers without a party label, or the use of the "Non-party" label available to independents. However, the Oireachtas members' database lists Independent Fianna Fáil members separately. Overview The party existed mainly in County Donegal in Ireland and, in particular, in Blaney's former constituency of Donegal North-East (Dáil constituency), Donegal North-East. Paddy Keaveney (father of Fianna Fáil Senator Cecilia Keaveney) was elected for Independent Fianna F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph Bermingham
Joseph Bermingham (9 May 1919 – 11 August 1995) was an Irish Labour Party politician. Bermingham was born in Castlemitchell, County Kildare. He was educated at the Christian Brothers school in Athy and the O'Brien Institute in Dublin. Bermingham worked as a shopkeeper before being elected in 1967 as a member of Kildare County Council. He was an unsuccessful candidate for Dáil Éireann at the 1969 general election and at a by-election in 1970. He was elected to the 20th Dáil as Labour Party Teachta Dála (TD) for the Kildare constituency at the 1973 general election. After the 1981 general election, Labour and Fine Gael formed a coalition government. Bermingham was appointed by the government to the position of Minister of State at the Department of Finance with responsibility for the Office of Public Works. He served in that post until early 1982 when the government of Garret FitzGerald fell in a vote on the budget. When a new Fine Gael– Labour Party coalition cam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jim Fitzsimons
James Fitzsimons (born 16 December 1936) is an Irish former Fianna Fáil politician. A publican from Navan, County Meath, he was educated at St Patrick's Classical School in Navan. Fitzsimons was elected to the 21st Dáil as a Fianna Fáil Teachta Dála (TD) for the Meath constituency on his first attempt at the 1977 general election, and re-elected until retiring at the 1987 general election to concentrate on his European Parliament seat. He was succeeded in the Dáil by Noel Dempsey. He was appointed as Minister of State at the Department of Industry and Energy on 28 October 1982 by the short-lived 1982 Haughey Government in a reshuffle. The Dáil was dissolved on 4 November after the government lost a vote of confidence. He was elected as an MEP at the 1984 European Parliament election and retained his seat for 20 years, until retiring at the 2004 European Parliament election The 2004 European Parliament election was held between 10 and 13 June 2004 in the 25 me ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ceann Comhairle
The (; "Head of heCouncil"; plural usually ) is the chairperson (or speaker) of , the lower house of the (parliament) of Ireland. The person who holds the position is elected by members of the from among their number in the first session after each general election. The since 18 December 2024 has been Verona Murphy, independent TD. The since 19 February 2025 has been John McGuinness (Fianna Fáil). Overview The Ceann Comhairle is expected to observe strict impartiality. Despite this, a government usually tries to select a member of its own political party for the position, if it has enough deputies to allow that choice. In order to protect the neutrality of the chair, the Constitution of Ireland provides that an incumbent Ceann Comhairle does not seek re-election as a Teachta Dála (Deputy to the Dáil), but rather is deemed automatically to have been re-elected by their constituency at that general election, unless they are retiring. As a consequence, the constituenc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Independent Politician (Ireland)
Independent politicians contest elections without the support of a political party. They have played a continuous role in the politics of Ireland since its independence in 1922. Provision for independents in electoral law If a candidate is not the candidate of a registered political party, they may be nominated for elections to Dáil Éireann with the assent of 30 electors in the constituency, for elections to the European Parliament with the assent of 60 electors in the constituency, and for local elections with the assent of 15 electors in the local electoral area. They may choose to have the designation non-party next to their name on the ballot paper. In Seanad elections and presidential elections, candidates are not nominated by parties directly, and party labels do not appear on the ballot. Independents supporting governments In the case of minority governments, where the party or parties forming the government do not have a majority in the Dáil, they will usually b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Labour Party (Ireland)
The Labour Party (, ) is a centre-left and social democratic political party in the Republic of Ireland. Founded on 28 May 1912 in Clonmel, County Tipperary, by James Connolly, James Larkin, and William O'Brien as the political wing of the Irish Trades Union Congress. Labour continues to be the political arm of the Irish trade union and labour movement and seeks to represent workers' interests in the Dáil and on a local level. Unlike many other Irish political parties, Labour did not arise as a faction of the original Sinn Féin party, although it merged with the Democratic Left in 1999, a party that traced its origins back to Sinn Féin. The party has served as a partner in coalition governments on eight occasions since its formation: seven times in coalition either with Fine Gael alone or with Fine Gael and other smaller parties, and once with Fianna Fáil. This gives Labour a cumulative total of twenty-five years served as part of a government, the third-longest tota ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
