Government of the 33rd Dáil#Ministers of state

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|image = Micheál Martin TD (cropped).jpg

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|date_formed = 27 June 2020

|date_dissolved = 17 December 2022

|government_head = Micheál Martin

|government_head_title = Taoiseach

|government_head_history =

|deputy_government_head = Leo Varadkar

|deputy_government_head_title = Tánaiste

|state_head_title = President

|state_head = Michael D. Higgins

|current_number = 15

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|{{Color box|{{party color|Fianna Fáil}}|border=darkgray}} Fianna Fáil

|{{Color box|{{party color|Fine Gael}}|border=darkgray}} Fine Gael

|{{colour box|{{party color|Green Party (Ireland)}}|border=darkgray}} Green Party}}

|legislature_status = Majority (coalition)
81 / 160{{spaces|em}}(51%)

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|opposition_cabinet = Sinn Féin Front Bench

|opposition_party = Sinn Féin

|opposition_leader = Mary Lou McDonald

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The 33rd Dáil first met on 20 February 2020. Leo Varadkar, Taoiseach and Fine Gael leader, Micheál Martin, Fianna Fáil leader, Mary Lou McDonald, Sinn Féin leader, and Eamon Ryan, Green Party leader, were each proposed for nomination as Taoiseach. None of the four motions were successful. Varadkar announced that he would resign as Taoiseach but that under the provisions of Article 28.11 of the Constitution, the members of the government would continue to carry out their duties until their successors were appointed.Constitution of Ireland, Article 28.11.{{Cite web |title=Nomination of Taoiseach |date=20 February 2020 |url=https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2020-02-20/10/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200227034829/https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2020-02-20/10/ |archive-date=27 February 2020 |access-date=28 June 2020 |work=Dáil Debates. Vol. 992 No. 1}}

On 27 June, the Dáil again debated nominations for the position of Taoiseach. The nomination of Martin was approved by the Dáil.{{Cite web |date=27 June 2020 |title=Nomination of Taoiseach (Resumed) |url=https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2020-06-27/4/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200629165115/https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2020-06-27/4/ |archive-date=29 June 2020 |access-date=28 June 2020 |work=Dáil Debates. Vol. 994 No. 3}} Martin was then appointed as Taoiseach by President Michael D. Higgins.{{Cite web |date=27 June 2020 |title=President Higgins presents Taoiseach with Seal of Office |url=https://president.ie/en/diary/details/president-higgins-presents-taoiseach-with-seal-of-office |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200629163250/https://president.ie/en/diary/details/president-higgins-presents-taoiseach-with-seal-of-office |archive-date=29 June 2020 |access-date=27 June 2020 |website=President of Ireland}}{{Cite web |date=27 June 2020 |title=Appointment of Taoiseach and Nomination of Members of Government: Motion |url=https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2020-06-27/11/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201028210525/https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2020-06-27/11/ |archive-date=28 October 2020 |access-date=29 June 2020 |work=Dáil Debates. Vol. 994 No. 3}}

After his appointment as Taoiseach by the president, Micheál Martin proposed the members of the government and they were approved by the Dáil.{{Cite news |last=Lehane |first=Mícheál |date=27 June 2020 |title=New coalition Cabinet: who has got what |publisher=RTÉ News and Current Affairs |url=https://www.rte.ie/news/2020/0627/1150063-new-cabinet-latest/ |url-status=live |access-date=27 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210923041138/https://www.rte.ie/news/2020/0627/1150063-new-cabinet-latest/ |archive-date=23 September 2021}}{{Cite web |date=27 June 2020 |title=Statement by the Taoiseach, Micheál Martin TD, Announcement of Government |url=https://www.gov.ie/en/speech/7e708-statement-by-the-taoiseach-micheal-martin-td-announcement-of-government/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200627184152/https://www.gov.ie/en/speech/7e708-statement-by-the-taoiseach-micheal-martin-td-announcement-of-government/ |archive-date=27 June 2020 |access-date=27 June 2020 |website=gov.ie |publisher=Government of Ireland}} They were appointed by the president on the same day.{{Cite web |date=27 June 2020 |title=President appoints members of Government |url=https://president.ie/en/diary/details/president-appoints-members-of-government-2020 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200630022952/https://president.ie/en/diary/details/president-appoints-members-of-government-2020 |archive-date=30 June 2020 |access-date=29 June 2020 |website=President of Ireland}}{{Cite journal |date=7 July 2020 |title=Assignment of Departments of State; Appointment of Ministers of State |url=https://www.irisoifigiuil.ie/archive/2020/july/Ir070720.pdf |journal=Iris Oifigiúil |volume=2020 |issue=54 |pages=778–779 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220811141149/https://www.irisoifigiuil.ie/archive/2020/july/Ir070720.pdf |archive-date=11 August 2022 |access-date=24 August 2022}}{{Cite web |date=7 July 2020 |title=Appointment of Ministers and Ministers of State |url=https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2020-07-07/3/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200709181211/https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2020-07-07/3/ |archive-date=9 July 2020 |access-date=7 July 2020 |work=Dáil Debates. Vol. 994 No. 5}}{{Cite web |date=22 December 2020 |title=Government Ministers |url=https://www.gov.ie/en/organisation-information/9b5048-government-ministers/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200807154553/https://www.gov.ie/en/organisation-information/9b5048-government-ministers/ |archive-date=7 August 2020 |access-date=4 January 2021 |website=Government of Ireland}}

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{| class="wikitable"

!Office

!Name

!Term

!colspan="2"|Party

|-

|Taoiseach

|Micheál Martin{{efn|group=cab32|Martin served as Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine between the sacking of Cowen on 14 July 2020 and the appointment of Calleary to government on 15 July 2020. He served again from 21 August to 2 September 2020 after the resignation of Calleary.}}

|rowspan="16"|2020–2022

| {{party name with colour|Fianna Fáil}}

|-

|Tánaiste

|rowspan=2|Leo Varadkar

| {{party name with colour|rowspan=2|Fine Gael}}

|-

|Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment{{efn|group=cab32|The Department of Business, Enterprise and Innovation was renamed the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment on 10 November 2020.{{cite Irish legislation|type=si|year=2020|number=519|name=Business, Enterprise and Innovation (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister) Order 2020|date=10 November 2020|access-date=17 November 2020}}}}

|-

|Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications{{efn|group=cab32|The Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment was renamed the Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications on 24 September 2020.{{cite Irish legislation|type=si|year=2020|number=373|name=Communications, Climate Action and Environment (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister) Order 2020|date=22 September 2020|access-date=15 October 2020}}}}

|rowspan=2|Eamon Ryan

| {{party name with colour|rowspan=2|Green Party (Ireland)}}

|-

|Minister for Transport{{efn|group=cab32|The Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport was renamed the Department of Transport on 17 September 2020.{{cite Irish legislation|type=si|year=2020|number=351|name=Transport, Tourism and Sport (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister) Order 2020|date=15 September 2020|access-date=25 September 2020}}}}

|-

|Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media{{efn|group=cab32|The Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht was renamed the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media on 30 September 2020.{{cite Irish legislation|type=si|year=2020|number=403|name=Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister) Order 2020|date=29 September 2020|access-date=15 October 2020}}}}

|Catherine Martin

| {{party name with colour|Green Party (Ireland)}}

|-

|Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth{{efn|group=cab32|The Department of Children and Youth Affairs was renamed the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth on 15 October 2020.{{cite Irish legislation|type=si|year=2020|number=437|name=Children and Youth Affairs (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister) Order 2020|date=13 October 2020|access-date=1 November 2020}}}}

|Roderic O'Gorman

| {{party name with colour|Green Party (Ireland)}}

|-

|Minister for Finance

|Paschal Donohoe

| {{party name with colour|Fine Gael}}

|-

|Minister for Foreign Affairs{{efn|group=cab32|The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade was renamed the Department of Foreign Affairs on 24 September 2020.{{cite Irish legislation|type=si|year=2020|number=382|name=Foreign Affairs and Trade (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister) Order 2020|date=22 September 2020|access-date=15 October 2020}}}}

|rowspan=2|Simon Coveney

| {{party name with colour|rowspan=2|Fine Gael}}

|-

|Minister for Defence

|-

|Minister for Justice{{efn|group=cab32|The Department of Justice and Equality was renamed the Department of Justice on 1 November 2020.{{cite Irish legislation|type=si|year=2020|number=452|name=Justice and Equality (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister) Order 2020|date=20 October 2020|access-date=1 November 2020}}}}

|Helen McEntee

| {{party name with colour|Fine Gael}}

|-

|Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science{{efn|group=cab32|The Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science was established on 2 August 2020. Harris was a minister without portfolio until that date.{{cite Irish legislation|year=2020|number=10|name=Ministers and Secretaries and Ministerial, Parliamentary, Judicial and Court Offices (Amendment) Act 2020|section=1|stitle=Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science|date=2 August 2020|access-date=21 August 2020}}}}

|Simon Harris

| {{party name with colour|Fine Gael}}

|-

|Minister for Rural and Community Development

|rowspan=2|Heather Humphreys

| {{party name with colour|rowspan=2|Fine Gael}}

|-

|Minister for Social Protection{{efn|group=cab32|The Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection was renamed the Department of Social Protection on 21 October 2020.{{cite Irish legislation|type=si|year=2020|number=447|name=Employment Affairs and Social Protection (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister) Order 2020|date=20 October 2020|access-date=1 November 2020}}}}

|-

|Minister for Education{{efn|group=cab32|The Department of Education and Skills was renamed the Department of Education on 22 October 2020.{{cite Irish legislation|type=si|year=2020|number=450|name=Education and Skills (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister) Order 2020|date=20 October 2020|access-date=1 November 2020|website=Irish Statute Book}}}}

|Norma Foley

| {{party name with colour|Fianna Fáil}}

|-

|Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage{{efn|group=cab32|The Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government was renamed the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage on 30 September 2020.{{cite Irish legislation|type=si|year=2020|number=408|name=Housing, Planning and Local Government (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister) Order 2020|date=29 September 2020|access-date=15 October 2020}}}}

|Darragh O'Brien

| {{party name with colour|Fianna Fáil}}

|-

|Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine

|Barry Cowen

|2020

| {{party name with colour|Fianna Fáil}}

|-

|Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform

|Michael McGrath

|rowspan="2"|2020–2022

| {{party name with colour|Fianna Fáil}}

|-

|Minister for Health

|Stephen Donnelly

| {{party name with colour|Fianna Fáil}}

|-

|colspan="5"|

Following the sacking of Barry Cowen on 14 July 2020.{{Cite news |last=Lehane |first=Mícheál |date=14 July 2020 |title=Barry Cowen sacked as Minister for Agriculture |publisher=RTÉ News and Current Affairs |url=https://www.rte.ie/news/politics/2020/0714/1153332-barry-cowen/ |url-status=live |access-date=14 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200715134014/https://www.rte.ie/news/politics/2020/0714/1153332-barry-cowen/ |archive-date=15 July 2020}}{{Cite web |date=14 July 2020 |title=Termination of Ministerial Appointment: Announcement by Taoiseach |url=https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2020-07-14/32/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200720094610/https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2020-07-14/32/ |archive-date=20 July 2020 |access-date=15 July 2020 |work=Dáil Debates. Vol. 994 No. 8}}{{Cite web |date=15 July 2020 |title=Nomination of Member of Government: Motion |url=https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2020-07-15/22/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201209032959/https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2020-07-15/22/ |archive-date=9 December 2020 |access-date=15 July 2020 |work=Dáil Debates. Vol. 995 No. 1}}{{Cite news |date=15 July 2020 |title=Dara Calleary appointed new Minister for Agriculture |publisher=RTÉ News and Current Affairs |url=https://www.rte.ie/news/politics/2020/0715/1153464-calleary-agriculture-minister/ |url-status=live |access-date=15 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200715133722/https://www.rte.ie/news/politics/2020/0715/1153464-calleary-agriculture-minister/ |archive-date=15 July 2020}}

|-

!Office

!Name

!Term

!colspan="2"|Party

|-

|Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine

|Dara Calleary

|2020

| {{party name with colour|Fianna Fáil}}

|-

|colspan="5"|

Following the resignation of Dara Calleary on 21 August 2020.{{Cite journal |date=28 August 2020 |title=Assignment of Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine; Resignation of member of the Government |url=https://irisoifigiuil.ie/archive/2020/august/Ir280820.pdf |url-status=live |journal=Iris Oifigiúil |volume=2020 |issue=69 |page=974 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211118044321/http://www.irisoifigiuil.ie/archive/2020/august/Ir280820.pdf |archive-date=18 November 2021 |access-date=26 December 2021}}{{Cite news |date=21 August 2020 |title=Dara Calleary resigns after breaching Covid-19 guidelines at Galway golf event |publisher=Irish Examiner |url=https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-40035605.html |url-status=live |access-date=21 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200822134756/https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-40035605.html |archive-date=22 August 2020}}{{Cite web |date=2 September 2020 |title=Nomination of Member of Government: Motion |url=https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2020-09-02/6/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200914201650/https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2020-09-02/6/ |archive-date=14 September 2020 |access-date=3 September 2020 |work=Dáil Debates. Vol. 996 No. 4}}{{Cite news |last=Keaveny |first=Michael |date=2 September 2020 |title=Charlie McConalogue named as new Minister for Agriculture |publisher=Irish Independent |url=https://www.independent.ie/business/farming/news/politics/charlie-mcconalogue-named-as-new-minister-for-agriculture-39498573.html |url-status=live |access-date=2 September 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200903180715/https://www.independent.ie/business/farming/news/politics/charlie-mcconalogue-named-as-new-minister-for-agriculture-39498573.html |archive-date=3 September 2020}}{{Cite web |date=2 September 2020 |title=President appoints Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine |url=https://president.ie/en/diary/details/president-appoints-minister-for-agriculture-food-and-the-marine |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200927123712/https://president.ie/en/diary/details/president-appoints-minister-for-agriculture-food-and-the-marine |archive-date=27 September 2020 |access-date=3 September 2020 |website=President of Ireland}}

|-

!Office

!Name

!Term

!colspan="2"|Party

|-

|Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine

|Charlie McConalogue

|2020–2022

| {{party name with colour|Fianna Fáil}}

|-

|colspan="5"|

Temporary appointment during first maternity leave of Helen McEntee.{{Cite journal |date=30 April 2021 |title=Assignment of Department of State |url=https://irisoifigiuil.ie/archive/2021/april/Ir300421.pdf |url-status=live |journal=Iris Oifigiúil |volume=2021 |issue=35 |page=520 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210913095208/https://irisoifigiuil.ie/archive/2021/april/Ir300421.pdf |archive-date=13 September 2021 |access-date=13 September 2021}}{{Cite web |date=28 April 2021 |title=Ministerial Responsibilities |url=https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2021-04-28/5/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210429122500/https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2021-04-28/5/ |archive-date=29 April 2021 |access-date=29 April 2021 |website=Oireachtas}}{{Cite web |date=11 March 2021 |title=Statement by An Taoiseach – Dáil Éireann (33rd Dáil) – Thursday, 11 March 2021 |url=https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2021-03-11/5/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210427075710/https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2021-03-11/5/ |archive-date=27 April 2021 |access-date=13 March 2021 |website=Oireachtas}}{{Cite web |date=11 March 2021 |title=Statement by Minister for Justice Helen McEntee |url=http://justice.ie/en/JELR/Pages/PR21000051 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210316104624/http://justice.ie/en/JELR/Pages/PR21000051 |archive-date=16 March 2021 |access-date=11 March 2021 |website=Department of Justice}}{{Cite news |last1=Finn |first1=Christina |last2=Murray |first2=Sean |date=11 March 2021 |title=Justice Minister to take six months paid maternity leave from 30 April |publisher=TheJournal.ie |url=https://www.thejournal.ie/helen-mcentee-maternity-leave-2-5378276-Mar2021/ |url-status=live |access-date=11 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210311131924/https://www.thejournal.ie/helen-mcentee-maternity-leave-2-5378276-Mar2021/ |archive-date=11 March 2021}}

|-

!Office

!Name

!Term

!colspan="2"|Party

|-

|Minister for Justice

|Heather Humphreys

|rowspan=2|Apr. to Nov. 2021

| {{party name with colour|Fine Gael}}

|-

|Minister without portfolio

|Helen McEntee

| {{party name with colour|Fine Gael}}

|-

|colspan="5"|

Return of Helen McEntee from first maternity leave{{Cite journal |date=5 November 2021 |title=Assignment of Department of State |url=https://www.irisoifigiuil.ie/archive/2021/november/Ir051121.pdf |url-status=live |journal=Iris Oifigiúil |volume=2021 |issue=89 |page=1257 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211226141331/https://www.irisoifigiuil.ie/archive/2021/november/Ir051121.pdf |archive-date=26 December 2021 |access-date=26 December 2021}}{{Cite news |date=1 November 2021 |title=Helen McEntee returns as Justice Minister today after six months maternity leave |publisher=TheJournal.ie |url=https://www.thejournal.ie/helen-mcentee-return-to-work-5586986-Nov2021/ |url-status=live |access-date=1 November 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211101063921/https://www.thejournal.ie/helen-mcentee-return-to-work-5586986-Nov2021/ |archive-date=1 November 2021}}

|-

!Office

!Name

!Term

!colspan="2"|Party

|-

|Minister for Justice

|Helen McEntee

|2021–2022

| {{party name with colour|Fine Gael}}

|-

|colspan="5"|

Temporary appointment during the second maternity leave of Helen McEntee{{Cite journal |date=2 December 2022 |title=Assignment of Department of State |url=https://irisoifigiuil.ie/currentissues/Ir021222.pdf |journal=Iris Oifigiúil |volume=2022 |issue=95 |page=1411 |access-date=2 December 2022 |archive-date=2 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221202173613/https://irisoifigiuil.ie/currentissues/Ir021222.pdf |url-status=live }}{{Cite news |date=26 November 2022 |title=Humphreys begins Minister for Justice cover as McEntree takes maternity leave |publisher=RTÉ News |url=https://www.rte.ie/news/politics/2022/1126/1338458-humphreys-justice/ |access-date=2 December 2022 |archive-date=2 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221202173033/https://www.rte.ie/news/politics/2022/1126/1338458-humphreys-justice/ |url-status=live }}

|-

!Office

!Name

!Term

!colspan="2"|Party

|-

|Minister for Justice

|Heather Humphreys

|rowspan=2|Nov.–Dec. 2022

| {{party name with colour|Fine Gael}}

|-

|Minister without portfolio

|Helen McEntee

| {{party name with colour|Fine Gael}}

|}

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Paul Gallagher SC was appointed by the president as Attorney General on the nomination of the Taoiseach, a role he had previously served in from 2007 to 2011.

{{anchor|Ministers of State 32}}

On 27 June 2020, the government on the nomination of the Taoiseach appointed Dara Calleary, TD, Hildegarde Naughton, TD, and Sen. Pippa Hackett as ministers of state attending at cabinet without a vote.{{cite Irish legislation|year=2020|type=si|number=613|name=Oireachtas (Allowances) (Members and Holders of Parliamentary and Certain Ministerial Offices) Order 2020|date=8 December 2020|access-date=29 December 2020}} Pippa Hackett is the first senator to have been appointed as a Minister of State. On 1 July, the government appointed seventeen further ministers of state on the nomination of the Taoiseach.{{Cite journal |date=17 June 2020 |title=Appointment of Ministers of State |url=https://www.irisoifigiuil.ie/archive/2020/july/Ir170720.pdf |url-status=live |journal=Iris Oifigiúil |volume=2020 |issue=57 |pages=820–821 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211115153100/https://www.irisoifigiuil.ie/archive/2020/july/Ir170720.pdf |archive-date=15 November 2021 |access-date=11 August 2022}}

{| class="wikitable"

|-

!Name

!Department(s)

!Responsibility

!colspan="2"|Party

|-

|Dara Calleary
{{small|(In attendance at cabinet)}}

|Taoiseach{{cite Irish legislation|type=si|year=2020|number=246|name=Statistics (Delegation of Ministerial Functions) Order 2020|date=13 July 2020|access-date=18 July 2020}}
Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
Transport, Tourism and Sport

|Government Chief Whip
Gaeltacht and Sport

| {{party name with colour|Fianna Fáil}}

|-

|Hildegarde Naughton
{{small|(In attendance at cabinet)}}

|Transport{{cite Irish legislation|type=si|year=2020|number=759|name=Transport (Delegation of Ministerial Functions) Order 2020|date=22 December 2020|access-date=17 March 2021}}; {{cite Irish legislation|type=si|year=2021|number=682|name=Transport (Delegation of Ministerial Functions) Order 2021|date=2 December 2021|access-date=26 December 2021}}
Environment, Climate and Communications

|International and Road Transport
and Logistics, Postal Policy and Eircodes

| {{party name with colour|Fine Gael}}

|-

|Pippa Hackett
{{small|(In attendance at cabinet)}}

|Agriculture, Food and the Marine{{cite Irish legislation|type=si|year=2021|number=40|name=Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Delegation of Ministerial Functions) Order 2021|date=2 February 2021|access-date=15 February 2021}}

|Land Use and Biodiversity

| {{party name with colour|Green Party (Ireland)}}

|-

|Thomas Byrne

|Taoiseach
Foreign Affairs

|European Affairs

| {{party name with colour|Fianna Fáil}}

|-

|Patrick O'Donovan

|Public Expenditure and Reform

|Office of Public Works

| {{party name with colour|Fine Gael}}

|-

|Ossian Smyth

|Public Expenditure and Reform
Environment, Climate and Communications{{Cite Irish legislation|type=si|year=2022|number=298|name=Environment, Climate and Communications (Delegation of Ministerial Functions) Order 2022|date=9 June 2022|access-date=11 August 2022}}

|Public Procurement and eGovernment
Communications and the Circular Economy

| {{party name with colour|Green Party (Ireland)}}

|-

|Jack Chambers

|Finance

|Financial Services, Credit Unions
and Insurance

| {{party name with colour|Fianna Fáil}}

|-

|Josepha Madigan

|Education{{Cite Irish legislation|type=si|year=2021|number=222|name=Education (Delegation of Ministerial Functions) Order 2021|date=4 May 2021|access-date=19 May 2021}}; {{Cite Irish legislation|type=si|year=2022|number=399|name=Education (Delegation of Ministerial Functions) Order 2022|date=27 July 2022|access-date=11 August 2022}}

|Special Education and Inclusion

| {{party name with colour|Fine Gael}}

|-

|Martin Heydon

|Agriculture, Food and the Marine

|Research & Development, Farm Safety
and New Market Development

| {{party name with colour|Fine Gael}}

|-

|Anne Rabbitte

|Children, Equality, Disability,
Integration and Youth{{cite Irish legislation|type=si|year=2020|number=739|name=Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (Delegation of Ministerial Functions) Order 2020|date=22 December 2020|access-date=19 January 2021}}
Health{{cite Irish legislation|year=2020|type=si|number=395|name=Health (Delegation of Ministerial Functions) (No. 2) Order 2020|date=2020|access-date=15 October 2020}}

|Disability

| {{party name with colour|Fianna Fáil}}

|-

|Colm Brophy

|Foreign Affairs

|Overseas Development Aid and Diaspora

| {{party name with colour|Fine Gael}}

|-

|Charlie McConalogue

|Justice

|Law Reform

| {{party name with colour|Fianna Fáil}}

|-

|Niall Collins

|Further and Higher Education, Research,
Innovation and Science

|Skills and Further Education

| {{party name with colour|Fianna Fáil}}

|-

|Joe O'Brien

|Rural and Community Development{{cite Irish legislation|type=si|year=2020|number=409|name=Rural and Community Development (Delegation of Ministerial Functions) Order 2020|date=22 September 2020|access-date=15 October 2020}}
Social Protection

|Community Development and Charities

| {{party name with colour|Green Party (Ireland)}}

|-

|Peter Burke

|Housing, Local Government and Heritage{{cite Irish legislation|type=si|year=2020|number=559|name=Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Delegation of Ministerial Functions) Order 2020|date=24 November 2020|access-date=9 December 2020}}

|Local Government and Planning

| {{party name with colour|Fine Gael}}

|-

|Malcolm Noonan

|Housing, Local Government and Heritage{{cite Irish legislation|type=si|year=2020|number=747|name=Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Delegation of Ministerial Functions) (No. 2) Order 2020|date=22 December 2020|access-date=17 March 2021}}

|Nature, Heritage and Electoral Reform

| {{party name with colour|Green Party (Ireland)}}

|-

|Robert Troy

|Enterprise, Trade and Employment{{cite Irish legislation|type=si|year=2020|number=580|name=Enterprise, Trade and Employment (Delegation of Ministerial Functions) (No. 2) Order 2020|date=1 December 2020|access-date=9 December 2020}}

|Trade Promotion

| {{party name with colour|Fianna Fáil}}

|-

|Damien English

|Enterprise, Trade and Employment{{cite Irish legislation|type=si|year=2020|number=579|name=Enterprise, Trade and Employment (Delegation of Ministerial Functions) Order 2020|date=1 December 2020|access-date=9 December 2020}}; {{cite Irish legislation|type=si|year=2021|number=71|name=Enterprise, Trade and Employment (Delegation of Ministerial Functions) Order 2021|date=19 January 2021|access-date=17 March 2021}}
Social Protection

|Employment Affairs and Retail Businesses

| {{party name with colour|Fine Gael}}

|-

|Mary Butler

|Health{{cite Irish legislation|type=si|year=2020|number=394|name=Health (Delegation of Ministerial Functions) Order 2020|date=22 September 2020|access-date=15 October 2020}}

|Mental Health and Older People

| {{party name with colour|Fianna Fáil}}

|-

|Frank Feighan

|Health{{cite Irish legislation|type=si|year=2020|number=599|name=Health (Delegation of Ministerial Functions) (No. 3) Order 2020|date=8 December 2020|access-date=17 March 2021}}

|Public Health, Well Being
and National Drugs Strategy

| {{party name with colour|Fine Gael}}

|-

|colspan="5"|

Following the appointment of Dara Calleary to government.

|-

!Name

!Department(s)

!Responsibility

!colspan="2"|Party

|-

|Jack Chambers
{{small|(In attendance at cabinet)}}

|Taoiseach{{cite Irish legislation|type=si|year=2020|number=263|name=Statistics (Delegation of Ministerial Functions) (No. 2) Order 2020|date=27 July 2020|access-date=4 August 2020}}
Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht,
Sport and Media{{cite Irish legislation|type=si|year=2020|number=547|name=Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (Delegation of Ministerial Functions) Order 2020|date=17 November 2020|access-date=9 December 2020}}; {{cite Irish legislation|type=si|year=2020|number=548|name=Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (Delegation of Ministerial Functions) (No. 2) Order 2020|date=17 November 2020|access-date=9 December 2020}}

|Government Chief Whip
Gaeltacht and Sport

| {{party name with colour|Fianna Fáil}}

|-

|Seán Fleming{{cite Irish legislation|type=si|year=2020|number=646|name=Finance (Delegation of Ministerial Functions) Order 2020|date=8 December 2020|access-date=4 January 2021}}

|Finance

|Financial Services, Credit Unions
and Insurance

| {{party name with colour|Fianna Fáil}}

|-

|colspan="5"|

Following the appointment of Charlie McConalogue to government.

|-

!Name

!Department(s)

!Responsibility

!colspan="2"|Party

|-

|James Browne

|Justice{{cite Irish legislation|type=si|year=2020|number=504|name=Justice (Delegation of Ministerial Functions) Order 2020|date=3 November 2020|access-date=11 November 2020}}; {{cite Irish legislation|type=si|year=2021|number=594|name=Justice (Delegation of Ministerial Functions) (No. 3) Order 2021|date=9 November 2021|access-date=26 December 2021}}; {{cite Irish legislation|type=si|year=2022|number=629|name=Justice (Delegation of Ministerial Functions) Order 2022|date=29 November 2022|access-date=9 December 2022}}

|Law Reform

| {{party name with colour|Fianna Fáil}}

|-

|colspan="5"|

Additional assignment.{{Cite web |title=Ministerial Responsibilities |date=18 February 2021 |work=Parliamentary Questions |url=https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2021-02-18/145/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210912125948/https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2021-02-18/145/ |archive-date=12 September 2021 |access-date=1 March 2021}}

|-

!Name

!Department(s)

!Responsibility

!colspan="2"|Party

|-

|Jack Chambers
{{small|(In attendance at cabinet)}}

|Defence

|Defence

| {{party name with colour|Fianna Fáil}}

|-

|colspan="5"|

Additional assignments during the maternity leave of Helen McEntee, expired on 1 November 2021.

|-

!Name

!Department(s)

!Responsibility

!colspan="2"|Party

|-

|Hildegarde Naughton
{{small|(In attendance at cabinet)}}

|Justice{{cite Irish legislation|type=si|year=2021|number=252|name=Justice (Delegation of Ministerial Functions) (No. 2) Order 2021|date=18 May 2021|access-date=27 May 2021}}

|Criminal justice

| {{party name with colour|Fine Gael}}

|-

|James Browne

|Justice{{cite Irish legislation|type=si|year=2021|number=251|name=Justice (Delegation of Ministerial Functions) Order 2021|date=18 May 2021|access-date=27 May 2021}}

|Civil justice and immigration

| {{party name with colour|Fianna Fáil}}

|-

|colspan="5"|

Following the resignation of Robert Troy on 24 August 2022.{{Cite web |date=31 August 2022 |title=Dara Calleary Appointed as Minister of State |url=https://www.gov.ie/en/press-release/d1e93-dara-calleary-appointed-as-minister-of-state/ |access-date=31 August 2022 |website=gov.ie |publisher=Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment |archive-date=31 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220831122139/https://www.gov.ie/en/press-release/d1e93-dara-calleary-appointed-as-minister-of-state/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite journal |date=2 September 2022 |title=Appointment of Minister of State |url=https://irisoifigiuil.ie/archive/2022/september/Ir020922.pdf |journal=Iris Oifigiúil |volume=2022 |issue=69 |pages=1013 |access-date=31 October 2022 |archive-date=31 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221031152405/https://irisoifigiuil.ie/archive/2022/september/Ir020922.pdf |url-status=live }}

|-

!Name

!Department(s)

!Responsibility

!colspan="2"|Party

|-

|Dara Calleary

|Enterprise, Trade and Employment{{cite Irish legislation|year=2022|type=si|number=486|name=Enterprise, Trade and Employment (Delegation of Ministerial Functions) Order 2022 |date=27 September 2022 |access-date=31 October 2022}}

|Trade Promotion, Digital
and Company Regulation

| {{party name with colour|Fianna Fáil}}

|}

Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine Barry Cowen was sacked on 14 July 2020 because of driving offences which he had committed but not disclosed to Micheál Martin prior to his appointment to cabinet. He was replaced by Dara Calleary.

Legislation was passed to allow each of three Ministers of State who attend cabinet meetings to receive an allowance, as previous legislation had provided an allowance for two only.{{Cite news |last=Curran |first=Ian |date=24 July 2020 |title=Dáil approves €16,000 top-up payments for 'super junior' ministers amid criticism |publisher=TheJournal.ie |url=https://www.thejournal.ie/michael-mcgrath-forgets-5158882-Jul2020/ |url-status=live |access-date=25 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200903115955/https://www.thejournal.ie/michael-mcgrath-forgets-5158882-Jul2020/ |archive-date=3 September 2020}} After public dissatisfaction with the proposal, the three ministers of state agreed on 28 July 2020 to share the existing allowance between them, rather than accept the increase.{{Cite news |last=Regan |first=Mary |date=28 July 2020 |title=Super junior ministers to share €32,000 allowance between them |publisher=RTÉ News and Current Affairs |url=https://www.rte.ie/news/politics/2020/0728/1156041-super-junior-pay-rises/ |url-status=live |access-date=25 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200815211431/https://www.rte.ie/news/politics/2020/0728/1156041-super-junior-pay-rises/ |archive-date=15 August 2020}}

Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine Dara Calleary resigned on 21 August 2020 after the fallout from the Oireachtas Golf Society scandal. Phil Hogan resigned as European Commissioner for Trade on 26 August 2020 in response to the same events.{{Cite news |last=Connelly |first=Tony |date=26 August 2020 |title=Phil Hogan resigns from EU role following golf controversy |publisher=RTÉ News and Current Affairs |url=https://www.rte.ie/news/politics/2020/0826/1161515-hogan/ |url-status=live |access-date=28 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200827184256/https://www.rte.ie/news/politics/2020/0826/1161515-hogan/ |archive-date=27 August 2020}}

In October 2020, Village magazine published a claim that Leo Varadkar had provided a copy of a confidential document to the head of the National Association of General Practitioners that had been part of negotiations with the Irish Medical Organisation in April 2019 while Taoiseach.{{Cite web |date=31 October 2020 |title=Leo Varadkar, lawbreaker: Tánaiste leaked confidential document to friend |url=https://villagemagazineireland2020.medium.com/leo-varadkar-lawbreaker-t%C3%A1naiste-leaked-confidential-document-to-friend-efdd1f14cfcb |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201031102600/https://villagemagazineireland2020.medium.com/leo-varadkar-lawbreaker-t%C3%A1naiste-leaked-confidential-document-to-friend-efdd1f14cfcb |archive-date=31 October 2020 |access-date=2 November 2020 |publisher=Village}} Fine Gael issued a statement which described the article as "both inaccurate and grossly defamatory", and while accepting that the provision of the agreement by private channels was "not best practice", said there was nothing unlawful about what had occurred.{{Cite web |date=31 October 2020 |title=Statement on behalf of An Tánaiste Leo Varadkar |url=https://www.finegael.ie/statement-on-behalf-of-an-tanaiste-leo-varadkar/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201101005033/https://www.finegael.ie/statement-on-behalf-of-an-tanaiste-leo-varadkar/ |archive-date=1 November 2020 |access-date=2 November 2020 |website=Fine Gael}} Sinn Féin tabled a motion of no confidence in the Tánaiste. In response, the Taoiseach moved a motion of confidence.

At a cabinet meeting in July 2021, Minister for Foreign Affairs Simon Coveney announced the appointment of Katherine Zappone, former Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, to the newly created position of Special Envoy to the UN for Freedom of Opinion and Expression. It emerged that the proposed appointment had not been flagged by Coveney with the Taoiseach in advance of the meeting.{{Cite news |last=Ryan |first=Philip |date=27 July 2021 |title=Taoiseach not told in advance of decision to appoint Katherine Zappone to taxpayer-funded UN role |publisher=Irish Independent |url=https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/politics/taoiseach-not-told-in-advance-of-decision-to-appoint-katherine-zappone-to-taxpayer-funded-un-role-40694872.html |url-status=live |access-date=6 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210803221028/https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/politics/taoiseach-not-told-in-advance-of-decision-to-appoint-katherine-zappone-to-taxpayer-funded-un-role-40694872.html |archive-date=3 August 2021}} Zappone declined the appointment after the Merrion Hotel controversy arose, in which the Irish Independent reported that six days prior to the announcement of her appointment, Zappone had hosted a gathering for 50 guests, including Tánaiste Leo Varadkar, at the Merrion Hotel while the COVID-19 pandemic was ongoing. Comparisons were made between the gathering and the Golfgate scandal earlier in the pandemic.{{Cite news |last=Loughlin |first=Elaine |date=4 August 2021 |title='Striking similarities' between golfgate controversy and Katherine Zappone function |publisher=Irish Examiner |url=https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/politics/arid-40352261.html |url-status=live |access-date=4 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210804084450/https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/politics/arid-40352261.html |archive-date=4 August 2021}} Sinn Féin tabled a motion of no confidence in Coveney, to be debated on 15 September on the return of the Dáil from the summer recess. In response, the Taoiseach moved a motion of confidence.{{Cite news |last=Duffy |first=Rónán |date=15 September 2021 |title=Minister Simon Coveney wins confidence vote in the Dáil by 92 votes to 59 |work=thejournal.ie |url=https://www.thejournal.ie/coveney-confidence-vote-5550124-Sep2021/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210916093410/https://www.thejournal.ie/coveney-confidence-vote-5550124-Sep2021/ |archive-date=16 September 2021}}

On 6 July 2022, the government lost its majority after Fine Gael TD Joe McHugh voted against legislation underpinning a €2.7 billion mica redress scheme and subsequently resigned the Fine Gael party whip.{{Cite news |last1=Burns |first1=Sarah |last2=Bray |first2=Jennifer |date=6 July 2022 |title=Government loses Dáil majority as McHugh votes against mica legislation |publisher=The Irish Times |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/oireachtas/2022/07/06/dail-loses-majority-as-mchugh-votes-against-mica-legislation/ |url-status=live |access-date=12 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220712170039/https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/oireachtas/2022/07/06/dail-loses-majority-as-mchugh-votes-against-mica-legislation/ |archive-date=12 July 2022}} Sinn Féin tabled a motion of no confidence in the government, to be debated on 12 July before the summer recess.{{Cite news |last1=McNally |first1=Tadgh |last2=Raleigh |first2=David |last3=Burke |first3=Céimin |date=8 July 2022 |title=Sinn Féin confirm no-confidence motion will be tabled against Government |publisher=TheJournal.ie |url=https://www.thejournal.ie/sinn-fein-no-confidence-motion-5811321-Jul2022/ |url-status=live |access-date=12 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220712013657/https://www.thejournal.ie/sinn-fein-no-confidence-motion-5811321-Jul2022/ |archive-date=12 July 2022}} In response, the Taoiseach moved a motion of confidence.{{Cite news |last=Lehane |first=Mícheál |date=12 July 2022 |title=85 TDs vote confidence in Govt, 66 against |publisher=RTÉ News and Current Affairs |url=https://www.rte.ie/news/politics/2022/0712/1309686-confidence-motion/ |url-status=live |access-date=12 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220712053844/https://www.rte.ie/news/politics/2022/0712/1309686-confidence-motion/ |archive-date=12 July 2022}}

On 24 August 2022, Robert Troy resigned as Minister of State at the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment after his failure to declare property interest was revealed by The Ditch.{{Cite news |last1=O'Connell |first1=Hugh |last2=Molony |first2=Senan |last3=Lynott |first3=Laura |date=24 August 2022 |title=Robert Troy resigns as junior minister amid pressure over his property portfolio |publisher=Irish Independent |url=https://www.independent.ie/news/robert-troy-resigns-as-junior-minister-amid-pressure-over-his-property-portfolio-41934560.html |access-date=24 August 2022 |archive-date=25 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220825190633/https://www.independent.ie/news/robert-troy-resigns-as-junior-minister-amid-pressure-over-his-property-portfolio-41934560.html |url-status=live }}{{Cite news |last=Leahy |first=Pat |date=24 August 2022 |title=Robert Troy resigns as minister of State after property interests controversy |publisher=The Irish Times |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2022/08/24/robert-troy-resigns-as-minister-of-state-after-property-interests-controversy/ |access-date=24 August 2022 |archive-date=25 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220825190731/https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2022/08/24/robert-troy-resigns-as-minister-of-state-after-property-interests-controversy/ |url-status=live }} He was succeeded by former Minister for Agriculture Dara Calleary.{{Cite news |last=Gataveckaite |first=Gabija |date=31 August 2022 |title=Dara Calleary appointed junior minister after resignation of Robert Troy |publisher=Irish Independent |url=https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/politics/dara-calleary-appointed-junior-minister-after-resignation-of-robert-troy-41949980.html |access-date=31 August 2022 |archive-date=31 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220831102451/https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/politics/dara-calleary-appointed-junior-minister-after-resignation-of-robert-troy-41949980.html |url-status=live }}

In December 2022, People Before Profit–Solidarity tabled a motion of no confidence in Minister for Housing Darragh O'Brien, to be debated on 13 December, four days before a new government was formed. The group claimed the worsening housing and homelessness crisis under O'Brien was "tearing apart the social fabric of Irish society and leading to the scapegoating of refugees". In response, the Taoiseach moved a motion of confidence.{{Cite news |last=Loughlin |first=Elaine |date=13 December 2022 |title=Government wins motion of confidence in Housing Minister Darragh O'Brien |publisher=Irish Examiner |url=https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/politics/arid-41028095.html |access-date=14 December 2022 |archive-date=14 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221214005718/https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/politics/arid-41028095.html |url-status=live }}{{Cite news |date=13 December 2022 |title=Govt wins motion of confidence in Housing Minister O'Brien |publisher=RTÉ News |url=https://www.rte.ie/news/politics/2022/1213/1341671-confidence-motion/ |access-date=14 December 2022 |archive-date=14 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221214005717/https://www.rte.ie/news/politics/2022/1213/1341671-confidence-motion/ |url-status=live }}

The Minister for Finance, Paschal Donohoe, and Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, Michael McGrath, delivered the following budgets:

• 2021 budget, delivered on 13 October 2020
• 2022 budget, delivered on 12 October 2021
• 2023 budget, delivered on 27 September 2022

On 10 November 2020, a motion of confidence in the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, Leo Varadkar, proposed by Taoiseach Micheál Martin, was approved with 92 votes in favour to 65 against.{{Cite web |date=10 November 2020 |title=Confidence in Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Motion – Votes |url=https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/vote/dail/33/2020-11-10/108/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201209151905/https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/vote/dail/33/2020-11-10/108/ |archive-date=9 December 2020 |access-date=11 November 2020 |website=Houses of the Oireachtas}}

On 15 September 2021, a motion of confidence in the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Defence, Simon Coveney, proposed by Taoiseach Micheál Martin, was approved with 92 votes in favour to 59 against.{{Cite web |date=15 September 2021 |title=Confidence in Minister for Foreign Affairs and Defence: Motion – Votes |url=https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/vote/dail/33/2021-09-15/1/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210916083111/https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/vote/dail/33/2021-09-15/1/ |archive-date=16 September 2021 |access-date=16 September 2021 |website=Houses of the Oireachtas}}

On 12 July 2022, a motion of confidence in the government, proposed by Taoiseach Micheál Martin, was approved with 85 votes in favour to 66 against, with one abstention.{{Cite web |date=12 July 2022 |title=Confidence in Government: Motion |url=https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2022-07-12/19/ |work=Dáil Debates. Vol. 1025. No. 3}}

On 13 December 2022, a motion of confidence in the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage, Darragh O'Brien, proposed by Taoiseach Micheál Martin, was approved with 86 votes in favour to 63 against, with one abstention.{{Cite web |date=13 December 2022 |title=Confidence in Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Motion |url=https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/vote/dail/33/2022-12-13/142/ |website=Houses of the Oireachtas |access-date=14 December 2022 |archive-date=22 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221222031424/https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/vote/dail/33/2022-12-13/142/ |url-status=live }}

Micheál Martin resigned as Taoiseach on Saturday 17 December 2022 to allow the appointment of Leo Varadkar as Taoiseach and the formation of a new government, a continuation of the coalition agreement between Fianna Fáil, Fine Gael and the Green Party.{{Cite web |date=17 December 2022 |title=Éirí as Oifig an Taoisigh – Resignation of Taoiseach |url=https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2022-12-17/2/ |access-date=17 December 2022 |work=Dáil Debates. Vol. 1031 No. 4 |archive-date=6 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230106074225/https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2022-12-17/2/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite news |last=Lehane |first=Micheál |date=17 December 2022 |title=Varadkar set to replace Martin as Taoiseach |work=RTÉ News |url=https://www.rte.ie/news/2022/1217/1342389-cabinet-reshuffle/ |access-date=17 December 2022 |archive-date=17 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221217023056/https://www.rte.ie/news/2022/1217/1342389-cabinet-reshuffle/ |url-status=live }} The date agreed in the Programme for Government had been Thursday 15 December, but this date was put back to facilitate Martin's attendance at a meeting of the European Council.

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|successor = 34th government

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After the resignation of Micheál Martin as Taoiseach on 17 December 2022, Leo Varadkar was proposed for the nomination of the Dáil for the position of Taoiseach.{{Cite web |date=17 December 2022 |title=Taoiseach a Ainmniú – Nomination of Taoiseach |url=https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2022-12-17/3 |work=Dáil Debates. Vol. 1031 No. 4 |access-date=17 December 2022 |archive-date=23 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221223094922/https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2022-12-17/3/ |url-status=live }} This motion was approved and Varadkar was appointed by President Michael D. Higgins.{{Cite journal |date=20 December 2022 |title=Ceapachán an Taoisigh |url=https://irisoifigiuil.ie/archive/2022/december/Ir201222.pdf |journal=Iris Oifigiúil |volume=2022 |issue=100 |page=1508 |access-date=21 April 2023 |archive-date=21 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230421171417/https://irisoifigiuil.ie/archive/2022/december/Ir201222.pdf |url-status=live }}

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After his appointment as Taoiseach by the president, Leo Varadkar proposed the members of the government and they were approved by the Dáil.{{Cite web |date=17 December 2022 |title=Appointment of Taoiseach and Nomination of Members of Government |url=https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2022-12-17/9/ |access-date=12 December 2022 |work=Dáil Debates. Vol. 1031 No. 4 |archive-date=5 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230105231838/https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2022-12-17/9/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite news |last=Lehane |first=Micheál |date=17 December 2022 |title=Reshuffle: Who is in the new Cabinet? |publisher=RTÉ News |url=https://www.rte.ie/news/politics/2022/1217/1342500-cabinet-reshuffle-govt/ |access-date=18 December 2022 |archive-date=18 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221218012318/https://www.rte.ie/news/politics/2022/1217/1342500-cabinet-reshuffle-govt/ |url-status=live }} They were appointed by the president on the same day.{{Cite journal |date=23 December 2022 |title=Appointment of Ministers of State/Assignment of Departments of State/Appointment of Members of the Government/Appointment of the Attorney General/Nomination of the Tánaiste |url=https://www.irisoifigiuil.ie/archive/2022/december/Ir231222.pdf |journal=Iris Oifigiúil |volume=2022 |issue=101 |pages=1534–1536 |access-date=21 April 2023 |archive-date=21 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230421171422/https://www.irisoifigiuil.ie/archive/2022/december/Ir231222.pdf |url-status=live }}

{| class="wikitable"

!Office

!Name

!Term

!colspan="2"|Party

|-

|Taoiseach

|Leo Varadkar

|rowspan="18"|2022–2024

| {{party name with colour|Fine Gael}}

|-

|Tánaiste

|rowspan=3|Micheál Martin

| {{party name with colour|rowspan=3|Fianna Fáil}}

|-

|Minister for Foreign Affairs

|-

|Minister for Defence

|-

|Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications

|rowspan=2|Eamon Ryan

| {{party name with colour|rowspan=2|Green Party (Ireland)}}

|-

|Minister for Transport

|-

|Minister for Finance

|Michael McGrath

| {{party name with colour|Fianna Fáil}}

|-

|Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform{{efn|The Department of Public Expenditure and Reform was renamed the Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation on 1 February 2023.{{cite Irish legislation|year=2023|type=si|number=19|name=Public Expenditure and Reform (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister) Order 2023 |date=31 January 2023 |access-date=9 February 2023}}}}

|Paschal Donohoe

| {{party name with colour|Fine Gael}}

|-

|Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment

|Simon Coveney

| {{party name with colour|Fine Gael}}

|-

|Minister for Education

|Norma Foley

| {{party name with colour|Fianna Fáil}}

|-

|Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media

|Catherine Martin

| {{party name with colour|Green Party (Ireland)}}

|-

|Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage

|Darragh O'Brien

| {{party name with colour|Fianna Fáil}}

|-

|Minister for Social Protection

|rowspan=2|Heather Humphreys

| {{party name with colour|rowspan=2|Fine Gael}}

|-

|Minister for Rural and Community Development

|-

|Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine

|Charlie McConalogue

| {{party name with colour|Fianna Fáil}}

|-

|Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth

|Roderic O'Gorman

| {{party name with colour|Green Party (Ireland)}}

|-

|Minister for Health

|Stephen Donnelly

| {{party name with colour|Fianna Fáil}}

|-

|Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science

|rowspan=2|Simon Harris

| {{party name with colour|rowspan=3|Fine Gael}}

|-

|Minister for Justice{{efn|Harris served as Minister for Justice from December 2022 to June 2023 during the maternity leave of Helen McEntee.}}

|rowspan="2"|2022–2023

|-

|Minister without portfolio

|Helen McEntee{{efn|McEntee was a minister without portfolio during her maternity leave.}}

|-

|colspan="5"|

Return of Helen McEntee from maternity leave

|-

!Office

!Name

!Term

!colspan="2"|Party

|-

|Minister for Justice

|Helen McEntee

|2023–2024

| {{party name with colour|Fine Gael}}

|}

{{notelist|group=cab33}}

Rossa Fanning SC was appointed by the president as Attorney General on the nomination of the Taoiseach.

{{anchor|Ministers of State 33}}

On 17 December 2022, the government on the nomination of the Taoiseach appointed Hildegarde Naughton, TD, Jack Chambers, TD, and Sen. Pippa Hackett as ministers of state attending at cabinet without a vote. On 21 December, the government appointed seventeen further ministers of state on the nomination of the Taoiseach.{{Cite press release |date=21 December 2022 |title=Minister of State appointments |url=https://www.gov.ie/en/press-release/dd77e-minister-of-state-appointments/ |access-date=21 December 2022 |website=Government of Ireland |publisher=Department of the Taoiseach |archive-date=21 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221221153435/https://www.gov.ie/en/press-release/dd77e-minister-of-state-appointments/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite journal |date=6 January 2023 |title=Appointment of Ministers of State |url=https://www.irisoifigiuil.ie/archive/2023/january/Ir060123.pdf |journal=Iris Oifigiúil |volume=2023 |issue=2 |pages=26–27 |access-date=21 April 2023 |archive-date=21 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230421171415/https://www.irisoifigiuil.ie/archive/2023/january/Ir060123.pdf |url-status=live }}

{| class="wikitable"

|-

!Name

!Department(s)

!Responsibility

!colspan="2"|Party

|-

|Hildegarde Naughton
{{small|(In attendance at cabinet)}}

|Taoiseach{{cite Irish legislation|year=2023|type=si|number=3|name=Statistics (Delegation of Ministerial Functions) Order 2023 |date=11 January 2023 |access-date=9 February 2023}}
Health{{cite Irish legislation|year=2023|type=si|number=157|name=Health (Delegation of Ministerial Functions) (No. 3) Order 2023 |date=28 March 2023}}

|Government Chief Whip
Public Health, Wellbeing and the National Drugs Strategy

| {{party name with colour|Fine Gael}}

|-

|Jack Chambers
{{small|(In attendance at cabinet)}}

|Transport{{cite Irish legislation|year=2023|type=si|number=211|name=Transport (Delegation of Ministerial Functions) Order 2023 |date=25 April 2023}}
Environment, Climate and Communications

|International and Road Transport and Logistics
Postal Policy

| {{party name with colour|Fianna Fáil}}

|-

|Pippa Hackett
{{small|(In attendance at cabinet)}}

|Agriculture, Food and the Marine{{cite Irish legislation|year=2023|type=si|number=155|name=Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Delegation of Ministerial Functions) Order 2023 |date=28 March 2023 }}

|Land Use and Biodiversity

| {{party name with colour|Green Party (Ireland)}}

|-

|Peter Burke

|Taoiseach
Foreign Affairs
Defence

|European Affairs

| {{party name with colour|Fine Gael}}

|-

|Patrick O'Donovan

|Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform
Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media{{cite Irish legislation|year=2023|type=si|number=33|name=Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (Delegation of Ministerial Functions) Order 2023 |date=24 January 2023 }}

|Office of Public Works
Gaeltacht

| {{party name with colour|Fine Gael}}

|-

|Ossian Smyth

|Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform{{cite Irish legislation|year=2023|type=si|number=88|name=Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform (Delegation of Ministerial Functions) Order 2023 |date=28 February 2023 }}{{cite Irish legislation|year=2023|type=si|number=368|name=Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform (Delegation of Ministerial Functions) (Revocation) Order 2023 |date=4 July 2023 }}
Environment, Climate and Communications{{cite Irish legislation|year=2023|type=si|number=252|name=Environment, Climate and Communications (Delegation of Ministerial Functions) Order 2023 |date=25 April 2023 }}

|Public Procurement and eGovernment
Communications and the Circular Economy

| {{party name with colour|Green Party (Ireland)}}

|-

|Jennifer Carroll MacNeill

|Finance{{cite Irish legislation|year=2023|type=si|number=27|name=Finance (Delegation of Ministerial Functions) Order 2023 |date=31 January 2023 |access-date=9 February 2023}}

|Financial Services, Credit Unions
and Insurance

| {{party name with colour|Fine Gael}}

|-

|Josepha Madigan

|Education{{cite Irish legislation|year=2023|type=si|number=180|name=Education (Delegation of Ministerial Functions) Order 2023 |date=5 April 2023}}

|Special Education and Inclusion

| {{party name with colour|Fine Gael}}

|-

|Martin Heydon

|Agriculture, Food and the Marine

|Research & Development, Farm Safety
and New Market Development

| {{party name with colour|Fine Gael}}

|-

|Anne Rabbitte

|Children, Equality, Disability,
Integration and Youth{{cite Irish legislation|year=2023|type=si|number=701|name=Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (Delegation of Ministerial Functions) Order 2023 |date=20 December 2023 }}
Health{{cite Irish legislation|year=2023|type=si|number=92|name=Health (Delegation of Ministerial Functions) Order 2023 |date=28 February 2023 }}

|Disability

| {{party name with colour|Fianna Fáil}}

|-

|Seán Fleming

|Foreign Affairs

|International Development and Diaspora

| {{party name with colour|Fianna Fáil}}

|-

|James Browne

|Justice{{cite Irish legislation|year=2023|type=si|number=91|name=Justice (Delegation of Ministerial Functions) Order 2023 |date=7 February 2023 }}{{cite Irish legislation|year=2023|type=si|number=620|name=Justice (Delegation of Ministerial Functions) (No. 2) Order 2023 |date=21 November 2023 }}

|Law Reform and Youth Justice

| {{party name with colour|Fianna Fáil}}

|-

|Niall Collins

|Further and Higher Education, Research,
Innovation and Science

|Skills and Further Education

| {{party name with colour|Fianna Fáil}}

|-

|Joe O'Brien

|Rural and Community Development{{cite Irish legislation|year=2023|type=si|number=68|name=Rural and Community Development (Delegation of Ministerial Functions) Order 2023 |date=14 February 2023 }}
Social Protection
Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth

|Community Development and Charities
Integration

| {{party name with colour|Green Party (Ireland)}}

|-

|Kieran O'Donnell

|Housing, Local Government and Heritage{{cite Irish legislation|year=2023|type=si|number=116|name=Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Delegation of Ministerial Functions) Order 2023 |date=7 March 2023 }}

|Local Government and Planning

| {{party name with colour|Fine Gael}}

|-

|Malcolm Noonan

|Housing, Local Government and Heritage{{cite Irish legislation|year=2023|type=si|number=615|name=Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Delegation of Ministerial Functions) (No. 2) Order 2023 |date=24 October 2023 }}

|Heritage and Electoral Reform

| {{party name with colour|Green Party (Ireland)}}

|-

|Dara Calleary

|Enterprise, Trade and Employment{{cite Irish legislation|year=2023|type=si|number=15|name=Enterprise, Trade and Employment (Delegation of Ministerial Functions) Order (No. 2) 2023 |date=24 January 2023 |access-date=9 February 2023}}

|Trade Promotion and Digital Transformation

| {{party name with colour|Fianna Fáil}}

|-

|Damien English

|Enterprise, Trade and Employment
Social Protection

|Employment Affairs and Retail Business

| {{party name with colour|Fine Gael}}

|-

|Mary Butler

|Health{{cite Irish legislation|year=2023|type=si|number=141|name=Health (Delegation of Ministerial Functions) Order (No. 2) 2023 |date=24 January 2023 |access-date=21 March 2023}}

|Mental Health and Older People

| {{party name with colour|Fianna Fáil}}

|-

|Thomas Byrne

|Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media{{cite Irish legislation|year=2023|type=si|number=34|name=Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (Delegation of Ministerial Functions) (No. 2) Order 2023 |date=24 January 2023 }}
Education

|Sport and Physical Education

| {{party name with colour|Fianna Fáil}}

|-

|colspan="5"|

Following the resignation of Damien English on 12 January 2023.{{Cite journal |date=17 January 2023 |title=Resignation of Minister of State/Appointment of Minister of State |url=https://www.irisoifigiuil.ie/archive/2023/january/Ir170123.pdf |journal=Iris Oifigiúil |volume=2023 |issue=5 |page=78 |access-date=21 April 2023 |archive-date=21 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230421171418/https://www.irisoifigiuil.ie/archive/2023/january/Ir170123.pdf |url-status=live }}{{cite news|url=https://independent.ie/irish-news/politics/fine-gael-minister-damien-english-sends-letter-of-resignation-to-taoiseach-leo-varadkar-over-planning-application-42280610.html|title=Fine Gael minister Damien English sends letter of resignation to Taoiseach Leo Varadkar over planning application|publisher=Irish Independent|first=Hugh|last=O'Connell|date=12 January 2023|access-date=12 January 2023|archive-date=12 January 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230112083130/https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/politics/fine-gael-minister-damien-english-sends-letter-of-resignation-to-taoiseach-leo-varadkar-over-planning-application-42280610.html|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://www.rte.ie/news/politics/2023/0113/1346486-neale-richmond-junior-minister/|title=Neale Richmond to replace English as junior minister|work=RTÉ News|date=13 January 2022|access-date=13 January 2023|archive-date=13 January 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230113114931/https://www.rte.ie/news/politics/2023/0113/1346486-neale-richmond-junior-minister/|url-status=live}}

|-

!Name

!Department(s)

!Responsibility

!colspan="2"|Party

|-

|Neale Richmond

|Enterprise, Trade and Employment{{cite Irish legislation|year=2023|type=si|number=14|name=Enterprise, Trade and Employment (Delegation of Ministerial Functions) Order 2023 |date=24 January 2023 |access-date=9 February 2023}}
Social Protection

|Employment Affairs and Retail Business

| {{party name with colour|Fine Gael}}

|-

|colspan="5"|

Resignation of Josepha Madigan.{{cite news|url=https://www.rte.ie/news/2024/0322/1439426-josepha-madigan/|title=Harris pays tribute to Madigan as she resigns as Minister of State|date=22 March 2024|website=RTÉ News|access-date=26 March 2024|archive-date=22 March 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240322143940/https://www.rte.ie/news/2024/0322/1439426-josepha-madigan/|url-status=live}}{{Cite journal |title=Resignation of Minister of State |url=https://irisoifigiuil.ie/archive/2024/march/IR260324.pdf |journal=Iris Oifigiúil |volume=2024 |issue=25 |page=404 }}

|}

A month after the government was formed, in January 2023, news website The Ditch published a story claiming Minister of State for Employment Affairs and Retail Business Damien English failed to declare ownership of an existing home in his planning application for a new property in 2008. It also claimed he neglected to declare such ownership in the Dáil register of interests.{{Cite web |date=11 January 2023 |title=FG minister lied on successful planning application |url=https://www.ontheditch.com/damien-english-planning-permission/ |website=The Ditch |access-date=17 January 2023 |archive-date=17 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230117003729/https://www.ontheditch.com/damien-english-planning-permission/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite news |title=Fine Gael minister Damien English says he complied with Sipo rules over ownership of residential property |url=https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/politics/fine-gael-minister-damien-english-says-he-complied-with-sipo-rules-over-ownership-of-residential-property-42280025.html |publisher=Irish Independent |access-date=17 January 2023 |archive-date=17 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230117090127/https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/politics/fine-gael-minister-damien-english-says-he-complied-with-sipo-rules-over-ownership-of-residential-property-42280025.html |url-status=live }} He resigned as Minister of State on 12 January 2023.{{Cite news |last=Lehane |first=Mícheál |date=12 January 2023 |title=Damien English resigns over 2008 planning application |work=RTÉ.ie |url=https://www.rte.ie/news/ireland/2023/0112/1346222-english-resignation/ |access-date=17 January 2023 |archive-date=16 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230116110836/https://www.rte.ie/news/ireland/2023/0112/1346222-english-resignation/ |url-status=live }}{{cite news|url=https://independent.ie/irish-news/politics/fine-gael-minister-damien-english-sends-letter-of-resignation-to-taoiseach-leo-varadkar-over-planning-application-42280610.html|title=Fine Gael minister Damien English sends letter of resignation to Taoiseach Leo Varadkar over planning application|publisher=Irish Independent|first=Hugh|last=O'Connell|date=12 January 2023|accessdate=12 January 2023|archive-date=12 January 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230112083130/https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/politics/fine-gael-minister-damien-english-sends-letter-of-resignation-to-taoiseach-leo-varadkar-over-planning-application-42280610.html|url-status=live}} He was succeeded by Neale Richmond.

Also in January, the Sunday Independent revealed that Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform Paschal Donohoe failed to properly declare a donation from a company in 2016. The Standards in Public Office Commission (SIPO) made a complaint against Donohoe that the Designer Group engineering firm used two company vans and six employees to erect and later remove election posters for Donohoe in his Dublin Central constituency during the 2016 general election campaign.{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/politics/paschal-donohoe-denies-breaching-sipo-rules-on-election-campaign-donations-42286522.html|title=Paschal Donohoe denies breaching Sipo rules on election campaign donations|publisher=Irish Independent|first1=Hugh|last1=O'Connell|first2=Maeve|last2=Sheehan|date=14 January 2023|accessdate=15 January 2023|archive-date=15 January 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230115065450/https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/politics/paschal-donohoe-denies-breaching-sipo-rules-on-election-campaign-donations-42286522.html|url-status=live}} On 14 January, Donohoe began conducting a review of his election expenses statements amid the allegations which he had denied.{{cite news|url=https://www.thejournal.ie/paschal-donohoe-sipo-complaint-5969468-Jan2023/|title=Donohoe to review his records from 2016 election after complaint to SIPO|publisher=TheJournal.ie|first=Emer|last=Moreau|date=14 January 2023|accessdate=15 January 2023|archive-date=14 January 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230114234837/https://www.thejournal.ie/paschal-donohoe-sipo-complaint-5969468-Jan2023/|url-status=live}} The next day, on 15 January, he apologised for making incorrect declarations of election expenses and donations during his campaign and said he would recuse himself from any decision making around ethics legislation while the SIPO investigated him, but refused to resign as minister.{{cite news|url=https://www.rte.ie/news/politics/2023/0115/1346808-sipo-politics/|title=Donohoe 'regrets' undeclared election campaign costs|publisher=RTÉ News|first=Tommy|last=Meskill|date=15 January 2023|accessdate=15 January 2023|archive-date=15 January 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230115173134/http://www.rte.ie/news/politics/2023/0115/1346808-sipo-politics/|url-status=live}}{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/politics/public-expenditure-minister-paschal-donohoe-apologises-for-not-declaring-election-expenses-42288270.html|title=Public Expenditure Minister Paschal Donohoe apologises for not declaring election expenses|publisher=Irish Independent|first=Philip|last=Ryan|date=15 January 2023|accessdate=15 January 2023|archive-date=15 January 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230115183816/https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/politics/public-expenditure-minister-paschal-donohoe-apologises-for-not-declaring-election-expenses-42288270.html|url-status=live}} The controversy intensified on 20 January when Donohoe identified a new issue over expenses from the 2020 general election.{{cite news|url=https://www.rte.ie/news/politics/2023/0120/1349756-paschal-donohoe/|title=Donohoe identifies 'issue' over election expenses|publisher=RTÉ News|first=David|last=Murphy|date=20 January 2023|accessdate=21 January 2023|archive-date=20 January 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230120205820/https://www.rte.ie/news/politics/2023/0120/1349756-paschal-donohoe/|url-status=live}}

In March 2023, the government ended a ban on evictions, with effect from 31 March. Sinn Féin tabled a motion calling on the government to extend the ban until the end of January 2024. A government amendment to this motion was carried by a vote of 83 to 68.{{cite web |title=Eviction Ban: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] |url=https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2023-03-22/26/ |work=Dáil Debates. Vol. 1035 No. 5 |access-date=25 March 2023 |date=22 March 2023 |archive-date=25 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230325091327/https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2023-03-22/26/ |url-status=live }} In a series of votes, Green Party TD Neasa Hourigan broke with the government whip, leading to her suspension from the parliamentary party.{{cite news |last1=Hosford |first1=Paul |title=Hourigan suspended from Green Party after Dáil eviction ban vote |url=https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/politics/arid-41099773.html |access-date=25 March 2023 |work=Irish Examiner |date=23 March 2023 |archive-date=23 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230323063130/https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/politics/arid-41099773.html |url-status=live }} The Labour Party tabled a motion of no confidence in the government.{{cite web |title=Motion re Confidence in the Government |url=https://dailbusiness.oir.ie/motions/1001?lang=en |website=Oireachtas |access-date=25 March 2023 |date=23 March 2023 |archive-date=25 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230325091329/https://dailbusiness.oir.ie/motions/1001?lang=en |url-status=live }}{{cite news |last1=Horgan-Jones |first1=Jack |last2=McQuinn |first2=Cormac |last3=Burns |first3=Sarah |title=Eviction ban: Two high-stakes Dáil votes imminent as Opposition seeks to maintain pressure after defeat |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2023/03/23/government-faces-further-pressure-over-evictions-ban-despite-dail-vote-win/ |access-date=25 March 2023 |newspaper=The Irish Times |date=23 March 2023 |archive-date=23 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230323052158/https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2023/03/23/government-faces-further-pressure-over-evictions-ban-despite-dail-vote-win/ |url-status=live }}

On 23 November 2023, a riot broke out in Dublin following an attack on three children and a care assistant by a male immigrant of Algerian origin. Following the riot, opposition politicians called for the resignations of the Minister for Justice Helen McEntee and the Garda Commissioner Drew Harris. On 1 December, a week after the riot, Sinn Féin announced that they would bring a motion of no confidence in McEntee. In response, the Taoiseach moved a vote of confidence in McEntee on 5 December.

{{Main|2024 Irish constitutional referendums}}

The government held two referendums on 8 March 2024 on proposed amendments to the Constitution of Ireland. The Thirty-ninth Amendment proposed to expand the constitutional definition of family to include durable relationships outside marriage. The Fortieth Amendment proposed to replace a reference to women's "life within the home" and a constitutional obligation to "endeavour to ensure that mothers shall not be obliged by economic necessity to engage in labour to the neglect of their duties in the home" with a gender-neutral article on supporting care within the family.{{cite web|url=https://www.electoralcommission.ie/referendum/referendums-on-family-and-care/#RefProposals|title=Referendums on Family and Care – Referendum proposals|website=Electoral Commission|date=8 March 2024|accessdate=30 November 2024|archive-date=28 May 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240528143254/https://www.electoralcommission.ie/referendum/referendums-on-family-and-care/#RefProposals|url-status=live}}

Voters comprehensively rejected both bills, with 67.69 percent voting No to the proposed Thirty-ninth Amendment on the Family and 73.93 percent voting No to the proposed Fortieth Amendment on Care.{{Cite news |last=Bray |first=Jennifer |date=9 March 2024 |title=Family and care referendums comprehensively defeated |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2024/03/09/family-and-care-referendums-comprehensively-defeated/ |access-date=10 March 2024 |newspaper=The Irish Times |language=en |archive-date=10 March 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240310004711/https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2024/03/09/family-and-care-referendums-comprehensively-defeated/ |url-status=live }} These were the highest and third-highest percentage votes for No in the history of Irish constitutional referendums.{{Cite news |last=Ó Cionnaith |first=Fiachra |date=9 March 2024 |title=Care referendum sees highest ever no vote in Irish ref history |url=https://www.rte.ie/news/2024/0309/1436988-referendum-history/ |access-date=9 March 2024 |work=RTÉ News |archive-date=10 March 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240310003603/https://www.rte.ie/news/2024/0309/1436988-referendum-history/ |url-status=live }}

The Minister for Finance, Michael McGrath, and Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform, Paschal Donohoe, delivered the following budgets:

• 2024 budget, delivered on 10 October 2023

On 29 March 2023, a motion of confidence in the government, proposed by Taoiseach Leo Varadkar, was approved with 86 votes in favour to 67 against.{{Cite web |date=29 March 2023 |title=Confidence in Government: Motion |url=https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2023-03-29/2/ |work=Dáil Debates. Vol. 1036 No. 2 |access-date=29 March 2023 |archive-date=29 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230329235749/https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2023-03-29/2/ |url-status=live }}

On 5 December 2023, a motion of confidence in the Minister for Justice Helen McEntee proposed by Taoiseach Leo Varadkar was approved with 83 votes in favour to 63 against, with one abstention.{{Cite web |date=5 December 2023 |title=Confidence in the Minister for Justice: Motion |url=https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2023-12-05/12/ |work=Dáil Debates. Vol. 1047 No. 1 |access-date=5 December 2023 |archive-date=8 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231208105331/https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2023-12-05/11/ |url-status=live }}

Varadkar resigned as leader of Fine Gael on 20 March 2024 and was succeeded on 24 March by Simon Harris. Varadkar resigned as Taoiseach on 8 April.

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Following the resignation of Leo Varadkar as Taoiseach on 8 April, the Dáil reconvened on 9 April.

Simon Harris and Michael Healy-Rae were proposed for the nomination of the Dáil for the position of Taoiseach. The motion proposing the nomination of Harris was approved with 88 for and 69 against the motion and Harris was appointed by President Michael D. Higgins. This appointment made Harris Ireland's youngest Taoiseach to date and also marked the first time three Taoisigh were appointed within a single Dáil term.

After his appointment as Taoiseach by the president, Simon Harris proposed the members of the government and they were approved by the Dáil.{{Cite web |date=9 April 2024 |title=Appointment of Taoiseach and Nomination of Members of Government: Motion |url=https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2024-04-09/19/ |work=Dáil Debates. Vol. 1052 No. 1 |access-date=10 April 2024 |archive-date=13 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240613130511/https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2024-04-09/19/ |url-status=live }} They were appointed by the president on the same day.{{cite news|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2024/04/09/simon-harris-new-taoiseach-vote-election-fine-gael-dail-ministers-live-updates/|title=Cabinet reshuffle: Peter Burke and Patrick O'Donovan appointed Ministers, McEntee to remain in Justice|publisher=The Irish Times|first=Conor|last=Pope|date=9 April 2024|accessdate=9 April 2024|archive-date=9 April 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240409133407/https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2024/04/09/simon-harris-new-taoiseach-vote-election-fine-gael-dail-ministers-live-updates/|url-status=live}}{{clear}}

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!Office

!Name

!Term

!colspan="2"|Party

|-

|Taoiseach

|Simon Harris

|rowspan=6|2024–2025

| {{party name with colour|Fine Gael}}

|-

|Tánaiste

|rowspan=3|Micheál Martin

| {{party name with colour|rowspan=3|Fianna Fáil}}

|-

|Minister for Foreign Affairs

|-

|Minister for Defence

|-

|Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications

|rowspan=2|Eamon Ryan

| {{party name with colour|rowspan=2|Green Party (Ireland)}}

|-

|Minister for Transport

|-

|Minister for Finance

|Michael McGrath

|2024

| {{party name with colour|Fianna Fáil}}

|-

|Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform

|Paschal Donohoe

|rowspan=12|2024–2025

| {{party name with colour|Fine Gael}}

|-

|Minister for Education

|Norma Foley

| {{party name with colour|Fianna Fáil}}

|-

|Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media

|Catherine Martin

| {{party name with colour|Green Party (Ireland)}}

|-

|Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage

|Darragh O'Brien

| {{party name with colour|Fianna Fáil}}

|-

|Minister for Social Protection

|rowspan=2|Heather Humphreys

| {{party name with colour|rowspan=2|Fine Gael}}

|-

|Minister for Rural and Community Development

|-

|Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine

|Charlie McConalogue

| {{party name with colour|Fianna Fáil}}

|-

|Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth

|Roderic O'Gorman

| {{party name with colour|Green Party (Ireland)}}

|-

|Minister for Health

|Stephen Donnelly

| {{party name with colour|Fianna Fáil}}

|-

|Minister for Justice

|Helen McEntee

| {{party name with colour|rowspan=3|Fine Gael}}

|-

|Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science

|Patrick O'Donovan

|-

|Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment

|Peter Burke

|-

|colspan="5"|

Following the resignation of Michael McGrath on his nomination as European Commissioner.{{cite web|url=https://www.rte.ie/news/politics/2024/0626/1456705-chambers-mcgrath/|title=Dáil approves appointment of Chambers as finance minister|work=RTÉ News|date=26 June 2024|access-date=26 June 2024|archive-date=26 June 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240626090654/https://www.rte.ie/news/politics/2024/0626/1456705-chambers-mcgrath/|url-status=live}}{{Cite web |date=26 June 2024 |title=Nomination of Member of Government: Motion|url=https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2024-06-26/16/ |work=Dáil Debates – Vol. 1056 No. 4}}

|-

!Office

!Name

!Term

!colspan="2"|Party

|-

|Minister for Finance

|Jack Chambers

|2024–2025

| {{party name with colour|Fianna Fáil}}

|}

{{anchor|Ministers of State 34}}

On 9 April 2024, the government on the nomination of the Taoiseach appointed Hildegarde Naughton, TD, Jack Chambers, TD, Sen. Pippa Hackett, and Jennifer Carroll MacNeill, TD, as ministers of state. On 10 April 2024, the government on the nomination of the Taoiseach appointed 16 further ministers of state.{{cite web |title=Appointment of Ministers and Ministers of State |url=https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2024-04-16/2/ |work=Dáil Debates. Vol. 1052 No. 4 |date=16 April 2024 |access-date=17 April 2024 |archive-date=16 April 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240416193333/https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2024-04-16/2/ |url-status=live }}

{| class="wikitable"

|-

!Name

!Department(s)

!Responsibility

!colspan="2"|Party

|-

|Hildegarde Naughton
{{small|(In attendance at cabinet)}}

|Taoiseach{{cite ISB|title=Statistics (Delegation of Ministerial Functions) Order 2024|date=16 April 2024|type=si|num=160|year=2024}}
Education{{cite ISB|title=Education (Delegation of Ministerial Functions) Order 2024|date=25 June 2024|type=si|num=325|year=2024}}

|Government Chief Whip
Special education and inclusion

| {{party name with colour|Fine Gael}}

|-

|Jack Chambers
{{small|(In attendance at cabinet)}}

|Transport{{cite ISB|title=Transport (Delegation of Ministerial Functions) Order 2024|type=si|num=225|year=2024|date=14 May 2024}}
Environment, Climate and Communications

|International road transport and logistics
Postal policy

| {{party name with colour|Fianna Fáil}}

|-

|Pippa Hackett
{{small|(In attendance at cabinet)}}

|Agriculture, Food and the Marine{{cite ISB|title=Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Delegation of Ministerial Functions) Order 2024|type=si|year=2024|num=308|date=21 June 2024}}

|Land use and biodiversity

| {{party name with colour|Green Party (Ireland)}}

|-

|Jennifer Carroll MacNeill

|Taoiseach
Foreign Affairs
Defence

|European Affairs

| {{party name with colour|Fine Gael}}

|-

|Kieran O'Donnell

|Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform

|Office of Public Works

| {{party name with colour|Fine Gael}}

|-

|Ossian Smyth

|Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform
Environment, Climate and Communications{{cite ISB|title=Environment, Climate and Communications (Delegation of Ministerial Functions) Order 2024|type=si|year=2024|num=288|date=21 May 2024}}

|Public procurement and e-government
Communications and the circular economy

| {{party name with colour|Green Party (Ireland)}}

|-

|Colm Burke

|Health{{cite ISB|title=Health (Delegation of Ministerial Functions) (No. 2) Order 2024|type=si|year=2024|num=210|date=7 May 2024}}

|Public health, well-being and the national drug strategy

| {{party name with colour|Fine Gael}}

|-

|Martin Heydon

|Agriculture, Food and the Marine

|Research and development, farm safety
and new market department

| {{party name with colour|Fine Gael}}

|-

|Anne Rabbitte

|Children, Equality, Disability,
Integration and Youth

|Disability

| {{party name with colour|Fianna Fáil}}

|-

|Seán Fleming

|Foreign Affairs

|International development and diaspora

| {{party name with colour|Fianna Fáil}}

|-

|Joe O'Brien

|Rural and Community Development{{cite ISB|title=Rural and Community Development (Delegation of Ministerial Functions) Order 2024|type=si|year=2024|num=240|date=21 May 2024}}
Social Protection
Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth

|Community Development and Charities
Integration

| {{party name with colour|Green Party (Ireland)}}

|-

|Alan Dillon

|Housing, Local Government and Heritage{{cite ISB|title=Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Delegation of Ministerial Functions) Order 2024|type=si|year=2024|num=234|date=21 May 2024}}

|Local government planning

| {{party name with colour|Fine Gael}}

|-

|Malcolm Noonan

|Housing, Local Government and Heritage{{cite ISB|title=Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Delegation of Ministerial Functions) (No. 2) Order 2024|type=si|year=2024|num=268|date=28 May 2024}}

|Nature, heritage and electoral reform

| {{party name with colour|Green Party (Ireland)}}

|-

|Mary Butler

|Health{{cite ISB|title=Health (Delegation of Ministerial Functions) Order 2024|type=si|year=2024|num=209|date=7 May 2024}}

|Mental health and older people

| {{party name with colour|Fianna Fáil}}

|-

|Thomas Byrne

|Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media{{cite ISB|title=Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (Delegation of Ministerial Functions) Order 2024|type=si|num=253|year=2024|date=21 May 2024}}; {{cite ISB|title=Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (Delegation of Ministerial Functions) (No. 2) Order 2024|type=si|num=254|year=2024|date=21 May 2024}}
Education

|Sport and physical education;
and the Gaeltacht

| {{party name with colour|Fianna Fáil}}

|-

|Niall Collins

|Further and Higher Education, Research,
Innovation and Science

|Skills and Further Education

| {{party name with colour|Fianna Fáil}}

|-

|Neale Richmond

|Finance{{cite ISB|title=Finance (Delegation of Ministerial Functions) Order 2024|type=si|num=167|year=2024|date=23 April 2024}}

|Financial services, credit unions
and insurance

| {{party name with colour|Fine Gael}}

|-

|James Browne

|Justice{{cite ISB|title=Justice (Delegation of Ministerial Functions) Order 2024|type=si|num=355|year=2024|date=16 July 2024}}

|International law, law Reform and Youth Justice

| {{party name with colour|Fianna Fáil}}

|-

|Dara Calleary

|Enterprise, Trade and Employment{{cite ISB|title=Enterprise, Trade and Employment (Delegation of Ministerial Functions) (No. 2) Order 2024|type=si|num=166|year=2024|date=23 April 2024}}

|Trade promotion and digital transformation

| {{party name with colour|Fianna Fáil}}

|-

|Emer Higgins

|Enterprise, Trade and Employment{{cite ISB|title=Enterprise, Trade and Employment (Delegation of Ministerial Functions) Order 2024|type=si|year=2024|num=165|date=23 April 2024}}
Social Protection

|Business, employment and retail

| {{party name with colour|Fine Gael}}

|-

|colspan="5"|

Following the appointment of Jack Chambers to government.{{cite web|url=https://www.rte.ie/news/2024/0627/1457023-dara-calleary/|title=Dara Calleary named as junior minister attending Cabinet|date=27 June 2024|website=RTÉ News|first=Sandra|last=Hurley|access-date=27 June 2024|archive-date=27 June 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240627173824/https://www.rte.ie/news/2024/0627/1457023-dara-calleary/|url-status=live}}{{Cite web |date=2 July 2024 |title=Appointment of Minister and Ministers of State |url=https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2024-07-02/2/ |work=Dáil Debates – Vol. 1056 No. 6 |access-date=7 July 2024 |archive-date=3 July 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240703011213/https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2024-07-02/2/ |url-status=live }}

|-

!Office

!Name

!Term

!colspan="2"|Party

|-

|Dara Calleary
{{small|(In attendance at cabinet)}}

|Enterprise, Trade and Employment

|Trade promotion and digital transformation

| {{party name with colour|Fianna Fáil}}

|-

|James Lawless

|Transport{{cite ISB|title=Transport (Delegation of Ministerial Functions) (No. 2) Order 2024|type=si|num=354|year=2024|date=16 July 2024}}
Environment, Climate and Communications

|International and road transport and logistics
Postal policy

| {{party name with colour|Fianna Fáil}}

|}

The Minister for Finance, Jack Chambers, and Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform, Paschal Donohoe, delivered the following budgets:

• 2025 budget, delivered on 1 October 2024.

On 8 November 2024, Taoiseach Simon Harris sought a dissolution of the Dáil which was granted by the president, with the new Dáil to convene on 18 December.{{cite web|url=https://president.ie/en/diary/details/president-signs-warrant-for-the-dissolution-of-the-33rd-dail|title=President signs warrant for the dissolution of the 33rd Dáil|website=President of Ireland|date=8 November 2024|accessdate=30 November 2024|archive-date=3 December 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241203182620/https://president.ie/en/diary/details/president-signs-warrant-for-the-dissolution-of-the-33rd-dail|url-status=live}} The 2024 general election took place on 29 November. On 18 December, before the first meeting of the 34th Dáil, Harris submitted his resignation to the president.{{cite web |title=Simon Harris proffers his resignation as Taoiseach to President Higgins |url=https://president.ie/en/diary/details/president-higgins-accepts-the-resignation-of-simon-harris-as-taoiseach |website=President of Ireland |access-date=19 December 2024 |date=18 December 2024}} The other members of the government were also deemed to have resigned, but the taoiseach and the other members of the government continued to carry on their duties until the appointment of their successors on 23 January 2025.

• 2020s in Irish history

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