Government of the 31st Dáil

Govt of the 29th Dáil	(2002)
Govt of the 30th Dáil	(2007)
Govt of the 31st Dáil	(2011)

The Government of the 31st Dáil is the present Government of Ireland, formed after the 2011 general election to Dáil Éireann on 25 February 2011. Fine Gael entered into discussions with the Labour Party which culminated in a joint programme for government. The 31st Dáil first met on 9 March 2011 when it nominated Seán Barrett to be the new Ceann Comhairle. Following this, the house nominated Enda Kenny, the leader of Fine Gael, to be the 13th Taoiseach. Enda Kenny then went to the Áras an Uachtaráin where President Mary McAleese signed the warrant appointing him as Taoiseach. Taoiseach Enda Kenny will also nominate the other members of the 29th Government of Ireland, for approval by the Dáil and President McAleese will appoint them to their respective departments.

29th Government of Ireland

Office	Name	Term	Party
Taoiseach	Enda Kenny	2011–present	style="background-color: Template:Fine Gael/meta/color;" |	Fine Gael
Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade	Eamon Gilmore	2011-present	style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (Ireland)/meta/color;" |	Labour
Chief Whip	Paul Kehoe	2011-present	style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (Ireland)/meta/color;" |	Fine Gael
Minister for Agriculture, Marine and Food	Simon Coveney	2011–present	style="background-color: Template:Fine Gael/meta/color;" |	Fine Gael
Minister for Arts, Heritage and Gaeltacht Affairs	Jimmy Deenihan	2011-present	style="background-color: Template:Fine Gael/meta/color;" |	Fine Gael
Minister for Children	Frances Fitzgerald	2011–present	style="background-color: Template:Fine Gael/meta/color;" |	Fine Gael
Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources	Pat Rabbitte	2011-present	style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (Ireland)/meta/color;" |	Labour
Minister for Education and Skills	Ruairi Quinn	2011-present	style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (Ireland)/meta/color;" |	Labour
Minister for Enterprise, Jobs and Innovation	Richard Bruton	2011-present	style="background-color: Template:Fine Gael/meta/color;" |	Fine Gael
Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government	Phil Hogan	2011-present	style="background-color: Template:Fine Gael/meta/color;" |	Fine Gael
Junior Minister in the Department of the Environment*	Willie Penrose	2011-present	style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (Ireland)/meta/color;" |	Labour
Minister for Finance	Michael Noonan	2011-present	style="background-color: Template:Fine Gael/meta/color;" |	Fine Gael
Minister for Health	James Reilly	2011-present	style="background-color: Template:Fine Gael/meta/color;" |	Fine Gael
Minister for Justice, Equality and Defence	Alan Shatter	2011-present	style="background-color: Template:Fine Gael/meta/color;" |	Fine Gael
Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform	Brendan Howlin	2011-present	style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (Ireland)/meta/color;" |	Labour
Minister for Social Protection	Joan Burton	2011-present	style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (Ireland)/meta/color;" |	Labour
Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport	Leo Varadkar	2011-present	style="background-color: Template:Fine Gael/meta/color;" |	Fine Gael

The government positions are listed in alphabetical order, rather than in terms of seniority.

• Super Junior Minister at Department of Environment with responsibility for Housing and Planning (will sit at Cabinet).

See also

• Members of the 31st Dáil
• Ministers of State of the 31st Dáil
• Members of the 24th Seanad
• Politics of the Republic of Ireland