Government of the 33rd Dáil

There have been three governments of the 33rd Dáil to date, being coalition governments of Fianna Fáil, Fine Gael and the Green Party. This followed the 2020 general election to Dáil Éireann held on 8 February, and negotiations on a programme for government that lasted till June. The parties agreed on a rotation, with the two major party leaders alternating as Taoiseach. The makeup of the parties resulted in a centrist coalition. It was the first time that Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael have participated in the same government, which Leo Varadkar described as the end of what has often been referred to as Civil War politics.

The 32nd government of Ireland (27 June 2020 to 17 December 2022) was led by Micheál Martin, leader of Fianna Fáil, as Taoiseach, and Leo Varadkar, leader of Fine Gael, as Tánaiste. It lasted days.

The 33rd government of Ireland (17 December 2022 to 9 April 2024) was led by Varadkar as Taoiseach and Martin as Tánaiste. It lasted days. 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.

The 34th government of Ireland (9 April 2024 to present) is led by Simon Harris as Taoiseach and Martin as Tánaiste.

Nomination of Taoiseach
The 33rd Dáil first met on 20 February 2020. Then Taoiseach and Fine Gael leader Leo Varadkar, Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin, Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald and Green Party leader Eamon Ryan 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.

On 27 June, the Dáil again debated nominations for the position of Taoiseach. The nomination of Martin was approved by the Dáil. Martin was then appointed as Taoiseach by President Michael D. Higgins.

Government ministers
After his appointment as Taoiseach by the president, Micheál Martin proposed the members of the government and they were approved by the Dáil. They were appointed by the president on the same day.

{| class="wikitable" !Office !Name !Term !colspan="2"|Party
 * Taoiseach
 * Micheál Martin
 * rowspan="16"|2020–2022
 * Tánaiste
 * rowspan=2|Leo Varadkar
 * Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment
 * Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications
 * rowspan=2|Eamon Ryan
 * Minister for Transport
 * Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media
 * Catherine Martin
 * Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
 * Roderic O'Gorman
 * Minister for Finance
 * Paschal Donohoe
 * Minister for Foreign Affairs
 * rowspan=2|Simon Coveney
 * Minister for Defence
 * Minister for Justice
 * Helen McEntee
 * Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science
 * Simon Harris
 * Minister for Rural and Community Development
 * rowspan=2|Heather Humphreys
 * Minister for Social Protection
 * Minister for Education
 * Norma Foley
 * Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage
 * Darragh O'Brien
 * Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine
 * Barry Cowen
 * 2020
 * Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform
 * Michael McGrath
 * rowspan="2"|2020–2022
 * Minister for Health
 * Stephen Donnelly
 * colspan="5"|
 * Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science
 * Simon Harris
 * Minister for Rural and Community Development
 * rowspan=2|Heather Humphreys
 * Minister for Social Protection
 * Minister for Education
 * Norma Foley
 * Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage
 * Darragh O'Brien
 * Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine
 * Barry Cowen
 * 2020
 * Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform
 * Michael McGrath
 * rowspan="2"|2020–2022
 * Minister for Health
 * Stephen Donnelly
 * colspan="5"|
 * Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine
 * Barry Cowen
 * 2020
 * Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform
 * Michael McGrath
 * rowspan="2"|2020–2022
 * Minister for Health
 * Stephen Donnelly
 * colspan="5"|
 * rowspan="2"|2020–2022
 * Minister for Health
 * Stephen Donnelly
 * colspan="5"|
 * Stephen Donnelly
 * colspan="5"|
 * colspan="5"|
 * colspan="5"|

Changes 15 July 2020
Following the sacking of Barry Cowen on 14 July 2020. !Office !Name !Term !colspan="2"|Party
 * Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine
 * Dara Calleary
 * 2020
 * colspan="5"|
 * colspan="5"|
 * colspan="5"|
 * colspan="5"|

Changes 2 September 2020
Following the resignation of Dara Calleary on 21 August 2020. !Office !Name !Term !colspan="2"|Party
 * Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine
 * Charlie McConalogue
 * 2020–2022
 * colspan="5"|
 * colspan="5"|
 * colspan="5"|
 * colspan="5"|

Change 27 April 2021
Temporary appointment during first maternity leave of Helen McEntee. !Office !Name !Term !colspan="2"|Party
 * Minister for Justice
 * Heather Humphreys
 * rowspan=2|Apr. to Nov. 2021
 * Minister without portfolio
 * Helen McEntee
 * colspan="5"|
 * Minister without portfolio
 * Helen McEntee
 * colspan="5"|
 * colspan="5"|
 * colspan="5"|

Change 1 November 2021
Return of Helen McEntee from first maternity leave !Office !Name !Term !colspan="2"|Party
 * Minister for Justice
 * Helen McEntee
 * 2021–2022
 * colspan="5"|
 * colspan="5"|
 * colspan="5"|
 * colspan="5"|

Change 25 November 2022
Temporary appointment during the second maternity leave of Helen McEntee !Office !Name !Term !colspan="2"|Party
 * Minister for Justice
 * Heather Humphreys
 * rowspan=2|Nov.–Dec. 2022
 * Minister without portfolio
 * Helen McEntee
 * }
 * Minister without portfolio
 * Helen McEntee
 * }
 * }

Attorney General
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.

Ministers of state
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. 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. {| class="wikitable" !Name !Department(s) !Responsibility !colspan="2"|Party (In attendance at cabinet) Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht Transport, Tourism and Sport Gaeltacht and Sport (In attendance at cabinet) Environment, Climate and Communications and Logistics, Postal Policy and Eircodes (In attendance at cabinet) Foreign Affairs Environment, Climate and Communications Communications and the Circular Economy and Insurance and New Market Development Integration and Youth]] Health Innovation and Science]] Social Protection Social Protection and National Drugs Strategy
 * Dara Calleary
 * Dara Calleary
 * Taoiseach
 * Government Chief Whip
 * Hildegarde Naughton
 * Hildegarde Naughton
 * Hildegarde Naughton
 * Transport
 * International and Road Transport
 * Pippa Hackett
 * Pippa Hackett
 * Pippa Hackett
 * Agriculture, Food and the Marine
 * Land Use and Biodiversity
 * Thomas Byrne
 * Taoiseach
 * Thomas Byrne
 * Taoiseach
 * European Affairs
 * Patrick O'Donovan
 * Public Expenditure and Reform
 * Office of Public Works
 * Ossian Smyth
 * Public Expenditure and Reform
 * Ossian Smyth
 * Public Expenditure and Reform
 * Ossian Smyth
 * Public Expenditure and Reform
 * Public Procurement and eGovernment
 * Jack Chambers
 * Finance
 * Financial Services, Credit Unions
 * Finance
 * Financial Services, Credit Unions
 * Josepha Madigan
 * Education
 * Special Education and Inclusion
 * Martin Heydon
 * Agriculture, Food and the Marine
 * Research & Development, Farm Safety
 * Martin Heydon
 * Agriculture, Food and the Marine
 * Research & Development, Farm Safety
 * Research & Development, Farm Safety
 * Anne Rabbitte
 * [[Minister of State at the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth|Children, Equality, Disability,
 * Anne Rabbitte
 * [[Minister of State at the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth|Children, Equality, Disability,
 * Disability
 * Colm Brophy
 * Foreign Affairs
 * Overseas Development Aid and Diaspora
 * Charlie McConalogue
 * Justice
 * Law Reform
 * Niall Collins
 * [[Minister of State at the Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science|Further and Higher Education, Research,
 * Justice
 * Law Reform
 * Niall Collins
 * [[Minister of State at the Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science|Further and Higher Education, Research,
 * Niall Collins
 * [[Minister of State at the Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science|Further and Higher Education, Research,
 * Skills and Further Education
 * Joe O'Brien
 * Rural and Community Development
 * Joe O'Brien
 * Rural and Community Development
 * Community Development and Charities
 * Peter Burke
 * Housing, Local Government and Heritage
 * Local Government and Planning
 * Malcolm Noonan
 * Housing, Local Government and Heritage
 * Nature, Heritage and Electoral Reform
 * Robert Troy
 * Enterprise, Trade and Employment
 * Trade Promotion
 * Damien English
 * Enterprise, Trade and Employment
 * Robert Troy
 * Enterprise, Trade and Employment
 * Trade Promotion
 * Damien English
 * Enterprise, Trade and Employment
 * Damien English
 * Enterprise, Trade and Employment
 * Enterprise, Trade and Employment
 * Employment Affairs and Retail Businesses
 * Mary Butler
 * Health
 * Mental Health and Older People
 * Frank Feighan
 * Health
 * Public Health, Well Being
 * Frank Feighan
 * Health
 * Public Health, Well Being
 * Public Health, Well Being
 * colspan="5"|
 * colspan="5"|
 * colspan="5"|

Changes 15 July 2020
Following the appointment of Dara Calleary to government. !Name !Department(s) !Responsibility !colspan="2"|Party (In attendance at cabinet) Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media Gaeltacht and Sport and Insurance
 * Jack Chambers
 * Jack Chambers
 * Taoiseach
 * Government Chief Whip
 * Seán Fleming
 * Finance
 * Financial Services, Credit Unions
 * Finance
 * Financial Services, Credit Unions
 * colspan="5"|
 * colspan="5"|
 * colspan="5"|

Changes 2 September 2020
Following the appointment of Charlie McConalogue to government. !Name !Department(s) !Responsibility !colspan="2"|Party
 * James Browne
 * Justice
 * Law Reform
 * colspan="5"|
 * colspan="5"|
 * colspan="5"|
 * colspan="5"|

Change 17 November 2020
Additional assignment. !Name !Department(s) !Responsibility !colspan="2"|Party (In attendance at cabinet)
 * Jack Chambers
 * Jack Chambers
 * Defence
 * Defence
 * colspan="5"|
 * colspan="5"|
 * colspan="5"|

Change 27 April 2021
Additional assignments during the maternity leave of Helen McEntee, expired on 1 November 2021. !Name !Department(s) !Responsibility !colspan="2"|Party (In attendance at cabinet)
 * Hildegarde Naughton
 * Hildegarde Naughton
 * Justice
 * Criminal justice
 * James Browne
 * Justice
 * Civil justice and immigration
 * colspan="5"|
 * Civil justice and immigration
 * colspan="5"|
 * colspan="5"|
 * colspan="5"|

Change 31 August 2022
Following the resignation of Robert Troy on 24 August 2022. !Name !Department(s) !Responsibility !colspan="2"|Party and Company Regulation
 * Dara Calleary
 * Enterprise, Trade and Employment
 * Trade Promotion, Digital
 * Trade Promotion, Digital
 * }
 * }

Events affecting the government
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. 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.

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.

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. 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. 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. 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. 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.

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. Sinn Féin tabled a motion of no confidence in the government, to be debated on 12 July before the summer recess. In response, the Taoiseach moved a motion of confidence.

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. He was succeeded by former Minister for Agriculture Dara Calleary.

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.

Budgets
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

Motions of confidence
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.

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.

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.

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.

Resignation
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. 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.

Nomination of Taoiseach
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. This motion was approved and Varadkar was appointed by President Michael D. Higgins.

Government ministers
After his appointment as Taoiseach by the president, Leo Varadkar proposed the members of the government and they were approved by the Dáil. They were appointed by the president on the same day. {| class="wikitable" !Office !Name !Term !colspan="2"|Party
 * Taoiseach
 * Leo Varadkar
 * rowspan="18"|2022–2024
 * Tánaiste
 * rowspan=3|Micheál Martin
 * Minister for Foreign Affairs
 * Minister for Defence
 * Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications
 * rowspan=2|Eamon Ryan
 * Minister for Transport
 * Minister for Finance
 * Michael McGrath
 * Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform
 * Paschal Donohoe
 * Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment
 * Simon Coveney
 * Minister for Education
 * Norma Foley
 * Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media
 * Catherine Martin
 * Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage
 * Darragh O'Brien
 * Minister for Social Protection
 * rowspan=2|Heather Humphreys
 * Minister for Rural and Community Development
 * Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine
 * Charlie McConalogue
 * Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
 * Roderic O'Gorman
 * Minister for Health
 * Stephen Donnelly
 * Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science
 * rowspan=2|Simon Harris
 * Minister for Justice
 * rowspan="2"|2022–2023
 * Minister without portfolio
 * Helen McEntee
 * colspan="5"|
 * Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage
 * Darragh O'Brien
 * Minister for Social Protection
 * rowspan=2|Heather Humphreys
 * Minister for Rural and Community Development
 * Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine
 * Charlie McConalogue
 * Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
 * Roderic O'Gorman
 * Minister for Health
 * Stephen Donnelly
 * Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science
 * rowspan=2|Simon Harris
 * Minister for Justice
 * rowspan="2"|2022–2023
 * Minister without portfolio
 * Helen McEntee
 * colspan="5"|
 * Minister for Health
 * Stephen Donnelly
 * Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science
 * rowspan=2|Simon Harris
 * Minister for Justice
 * rowspan="2"|2022–2023
 * Minister without portfolio
 * Helen McEntee
 * colspan="5"|
 * Minister for Justice
 * rowspan="2"|2022–2023
 * Minister without portfolio
 * Helen McEntee
 * colspan="5"|
 * Helen McEntee
 * colspan="5"|
 * colspan="5"|

Change 1 June 2023
Return of Helen McEntee from maternity leave !Office !Name !Term !colspan="2"|Party
 * Minister for Justice
 * Helen McEntee
 * 2023–2024
 * }
 * }
 * }

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

Ministers of state
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.

{| class="wikitable" !Name !Department(s) !Responsibility !colspan="2"|Party (In attendance at cabinet) Health Public Health, Wellbeing and the National Drugs Strategy (In attendance at cabinet) Environment, Climate and Communications Postal Policy (In attendance at cabinet) Foreign Affairs Defence Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media Gaeltacht Environment, Climate and Communications Communications and the Circular Economy and Insurance and New Market Development Integration and Youth]] Health Innovation and Science]] Social Protection Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth Integration Social Protection Education
 * Hildegarde Naughton
 * Hildegarde Naughton
 * Taoiseach
 * Government Chief Whip
 * Jack Chambers
 * Jack Chambers
 * Jack Chambers
 * Transport
 * International and Road Transport and Logistics
 * Pippa Hackett
 * Pippa Hackett
 * Pippa Hackett
 * Agriculture, Food and the Marine
 * Land Use and Biodiversity
 * Peter Burke
 * Taoiseach
 * Peter Burke
 * Taoiseach
 * European Affairs
 * Patrick O'Donovan
 * Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform
 * Patrick O'Donovan
 * Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform
 * Office of Public Works
 * Ossian Smyth
 * Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform
 * Ossian Smyth
 * Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform
 * Public Procurement and eGovernment
 * Jennifer Carroll MacNeill
 * Finance
 * Financial Services, Credit Unions
 * Finance
 * Financial Services, Credit Unions
 * Josepha Madigan
 * Education
 * Special Education and Inclusion
 * Martin Heydon
 * Agriculture, Food and the Marine
 * Research & Development, Farm Safety
 * Martin Heydon
 * Agriculture, Food and the Marine
 * Research & Development, Farm Safety
 * Research & Development, Farm Safety
 * Anne Rabbitte
 * [[Minister of State at the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth|Children, Equality, Disability,
 * Anne Rabbitte
 * [[Minister of State at the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth|Children, Equality, Disability,
 * Disability
 * Seán Fleming
 * Foreign Affairs
 * International Development and Diaspora
 * James Browne
 * Justice
 * Law Reform and Youth Justice
 * Niall Collins
 * [[Minister of State at the Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science|Further and Higher Education, Research,
 * Justice
 * Law Reform and Youth Justice
 * Niall Collins
 * [[Minister of State at the Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science|Further and Higher Education, Research,
 * Niall Collins
 * [[Minister of State at the Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science|Further and Higher Education, Research,
 * Skills and Further Education
 * Joe O'Brien
 * Rural and Community Development
 * Joe O'Brien
 * Rural and Community Development
 * Community Development and Charities
 * Kieran O'Donnell
 * Housing, Local Government and Heritage
 * Local Government and Planning
 * Malcolm Noonan
 * Housing, Local Government and Heritage
 * Heritage and Electoral Reform
 * Dara Calleary
 * Enterprise, Trade and Employment
 * Trade Promotion and Digital Transformation
 * Damien English
 * Enterprise, Trade and Employment
 * Dara Calleary
 * Enterprise, Trade and Employment
 * Trade Promotion and Digital Transformation
 * Damien English
 * Enterprise, Trade and Employment
 * Damien English
 * Enterprise, Trade and Employment
 * Enterprise, Trade and Employment
 * Employment Affairs and Retail Business
 * Mary Butler
 * Health
 * Mental Health and Older People
 * Thomas Byrne
 * Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media
 * Thomas Byrne
 * Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media
 * Thomas Byrne
 * Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media
 * Sport and Physical Education
 * colspan="5"|
 * colspan="5"|
 * colspan="5"|

Change 13 January 2023
Following the resignation of Damien English on 12 January 2023.

!Name !Department(s) !Responsibility !colspan="2"|Party Social Protection
 * Neale Richmond
 * Enterprise, Trade and Employment
 * Enterprise, Trade and Employment
 * Employment Affairs and Retail Business
 * colspan="5"|
 * colspan="5"|
 * colspan="5"|

Change 22 March 2024
Resignation of Josepha Madigan.
 * }

Events affecting the government
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. He resigned as Minister of State on 12 January 2023. 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. On 14 January, Donohoe began conducting a review of his election expenses statements amid the allegations which he had denied. 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. The controversy intensified on 20 January when Donohoe identified a new issue over expenses from the 2020 general election.

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. In a series of votes, Green Party TD Neasa Hourigan broke with the government whip, leading to her suspension from the parliamentary party. The Labour Party tabled a motion of no confidence in the government.

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.

Budgets
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

Motions of confidence
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.

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.

Resignation
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.

Nomination of Taoiseach
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.

Government ministers
After his appointment as Taoiseach by the president, Simon Harris proposed the members of the government and they were approved by the Dáil. They were appointed by the president on the same day.

{| class="wikitable" !Office !Name !Term !colspan="2"|Party
 * Taoiseach
 * Simon Harris
 * rowspan=6|2024–present
 * Tánaiste
 * rowspan=3|Micheál Martin
 * Minister for Foreign Affairs
 * Minister for Defence
 * Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications
 * rowspan=2|Eamon Ryan
 * Minister for Transport
 * Minister for Finance
 * Michael McGrath
 * 2024
 * Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform
 * Paschal Donohoe
 * rowspan=12|2024–present
 * Minister for Education
 * Norma Foley
 * Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media
 * Catherine Martin
 * Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage
 * Darragh O'Brien
 * Minister for Social Protection
 * rowspan=2|Heather Humphreys
 * Minister for Rural and Community Development
 * Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine
 * Charlie McConalogue
 * Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
 * Roderic O'Gorman
 * Minister for Health
 * Stephen Donnelly
 * Minister for Justice
 * Helen McEntee
 * Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science
 * Patrick O'Donovan
 * Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment
 * Peter Burke
 * colspan="5"|
 * Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage
 * Darragh O'Brien
 * Minister for Social Protection
 * rowspan=2|Heather Humphreys
 * Minister for Rural and Community Development
 * Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine
 * Charlie McConalogue
 * Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
 * Roderic O'Gorman
 * Minister for Health
 * Stephen Donnelly
 * Minister for Justice
 * Helen McEntee
 * Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science
 * Patrick O'Donovan
 * Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment
 * Peter Burke
 * colspan="5"|
 * Minister for Health
 * Stephen Donnelly
 * Minister for Justice
 * Helen McEntee
 * Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science
 * Patrick O'Donovan
 * Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment
 * Peter Burke
 * colspan="5"|
 * Patrick O'Donovan
 * Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment
 * Peter Burke
 * colspan="5"|
 * colspan="5"|
 * colspan="5"|

Change 26 June 2024
Following the resignation of Michael McGrath on his nomination as European Commissioner. !Office !Name !Term !colspan="2"|Party
 * Minister for Finance
 * Jack Chambers
 * 2024–present
 * }
 * }
 * }

Ministers of state
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.

{| class="wikitable" !Name !Department(s) !Responsibility !colspan="2"|Party (In attendance at cabinet) Education Special education and inclusion (In attendance at cabinet) Environment, Climate and Communications Postal policy (In attendance at cabinet) Foreign Affairs Defence Environment, Climate and Communications Communications and the circular economy and new market department Integration and Youth]] Social Protection Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth Integration Education and the Gaeltacht Innovation and Science]] and insurance Social Protection
 * Hildegarde Naughton
 * Hildegarde Naughton
 * Taoiseach
 * Government Chief Whip
 * Jack Chambers
 * Jack Chambers
 * Jack Chambers
 * Transport
 * International road transport and logistics
 * Pippa Hackett
 * Pippa Hackett
 * Pippa Hackett
 * Agriculture, Food and the Marine
 * Land use and biodiversity
 * Jennifer Carroll MacNeill
 * Taoiseach
 * Jennifer Carroll MacNeill
 * Taoiseach
 * European Affairs
 * Kieran O'Donnell
 * Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform
 * Office of Public Works
 * Ossian Smyth
 * Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform
 * Ossian Smyth
 * Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform
 * Ossian Smyth
 * Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform
 * Public procurement and e-government
 * Colm Burke
 * Health
 * Public health, well-being and the national drug strategy
 * Martin Heydon
 * Agriculture, Food and the Marine
 * Research and development, farm safety
 * Martin Heydon
 * Agriculture, Food and the Marine
 * Research and development, farm safety
 * Research and development, farm safety
 * Anne Rabbitte
 * [[Minister of State at the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth|Children, Equality, Disability,
 * Anne Rabbitte
 * [[Minister of State at the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth|Children, Equality, Disability,
 * Disability
 * Seán Fleming
 * Foreign Affairs
 * International development and diaspora
 * Joe O'Brien
 * Rural and Community Development
 * Joe O'Brien
 * Rural and Community Development
 * Joe O'Brien
 * Rural and Community Development
 * Community Development and Charities
 * Alan Dillon
 * Housing, Local Government and Heritage
 * Local government planning
 * Malcolm Noonan
 * Housing, Local Government and Heritage
 * Nature, heritage and electoral reform
 * Mary Butler
 * Health
 * Mental health and older people
 * Thomas Byrne
 * Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media
 * Mary Butler
 * Health
 * Mental health and older people
 * Thomas Byrne
 * Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media
 * Thomas Byrne
 * Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media
 * Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media
 * Sport and physical education;
 * Niall Collins
 * [[Minister of State at the Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science|Further and Higher Education, Research,
 * Niall Collins
 * [[Minister of State at the Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science|Further and Higher Education, Research,
 * Skills and Further Education
 * Neale Richmond
 * Finance
 * Financial services, credit unions
 * Finance
 * Financial services, credit unions
 * James Browne
 * Justice
 * International law, law Reform and Youth Justice
 * Dara Calleary
 * Enterprise, Trade and Employment
 * Trade promotion and digital transformation
 * Emer Higgins
 * Enterprise, Trade and Employment
 * Enterprise, Trade and Employment
 * Trade promotion and digital transformation
 * Emer Higgins
 * Enterprise, Trade and Employment
 * Emer Higgins
 * Enterprise, Trade and Employment
 * Business, employment and retail
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Change 27 June 2024
Following the appointment of Jack Chambers to government. !Office !Name !Term !colspan="2"|Party (In attendance at cabinet)
 * Dara Calleary
 * Dara Calleary
 * Enterprise, Trade and Employment
 * Trade promotion and digital transformation
 * James Lawless
 * Transport Environment, Climate and Communications
 * International and road transport and logistics Postal policy
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 * International and road transport and logistics Postal policy
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