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The 31st Government of Ireland was formed by on 14 June 2017 on the appointment of Leo Varadkar as Taoiseach after he succeeded Enda Kenny as Fine Gael leader in a leadership election concluding on 2 June. Kenny had been re-elected as Taoiseach after the 2016 general election and led the 30th Government. Varadkar was the first Fine Gael leader to succeed a party colleague as Taoiseach within a Dáil term.

Composition of the Government
The Ministers of the Government were approved by the Dáil on 14 June. {| class="wikitable" !Office !Name !Term !colspan="2"|Party ! style="background-color: ;" rowspan="12" | !style="background-color: ;" rowspan="3"| !style="background-color: ;" rowspan="3"|
 * Taoiseach
 * rowspan="2"|Leo Varadkar
 * rowspan="2"|2017–present
 * rowspan="2"|2017–present
 * rowspan="12"|Fine Gael
 * Minister for Defence
 * Tánaiste
 * rowspan="2"|Frances Fitzgerald
 * rowspan="2"|2017
 * Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation
 * Minister for Finance
 * rowspan="2"|Paschal Donohoe
 * rowspan="6"|2017–present
 * Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform
 * Minister for Education and Skills
 * Richard Bruton
 * Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade
 * Simon Coveney
 * Minister for Justice and Equality
 * Charles Flanagan
 * Minister for Health
 * Simon Harris
 * Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
 * Heather Humphreys
 * 2017
 * Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine
 * Michael Creed
 * 2017–present
 * Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment
 * Denis Naughten
 * 2017–18
 * Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
 * Heather Humphreys
 * 2017
 * Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine
 * Michael Creed
 * 2017–present
 * Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment
 * Denis Naughten
 * 2017–18
 * Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment
 * Denis Naughten
 * 2017–18
 * rowspan="3"|Independent
 * Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport
 * Shane Ross
 * rowspan="5"|2017–present
 * Minister for Children and Youth Affairs
 * Katherine Zappone
 * Minister for Rural and Community Development
 * Michael Ring
 * Minister for Rural and Community Development
 * Michael Ring
 * Michael Ring
 * rowspan="3"|Fine Gael
 * Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection
 * Regina Doherty
 * Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government
 * Eoghan Murphy
 * colspan="5"|
 * Eoghan Murphy
 * colspan="5"|
 * colspan="5"|

Changes November 2017
Appointments made on 30 November following the resignation of Frances Fitzgerald from government on 28 November. !Office !Name !Term !colspan="2"|Party ! style="background-color: ;" rowspan="3" |
 * Tánaiste
 * Simon Coveney
 * rowspan="3"|2017–present
 * rowspan="3"|2017–present
 * rowspan="3"|Fine Gael
 * Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation
 * Heather Humphreys
 * Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
 * Josepha Madigan
 * colspan="5"|
 * Josepha Madigan
 * colspan="5"|
 * colspan="5"|

Changes October 2018
Following the resignation of Denis Naughten on 11 October 2018. !Office !Name !Term !colspan="2"|Party
 * Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment
 * Richard Bruton
 * rowspan="2"|2018–present
 * rowspan="2" style="background-color: ;" |
 * rowspan="2"|Fine Gael
 * Minister for Education and Skills
 * Joe McHugh
 * }
 * Joe McHugh
 * }

Legal adviser to the Government

Ministers of State
The Ministers of State are appointed under the Ministers and Secretaries Acts and Ministers of the Government may delegate certain of their powers and duties to them. On 14 June 2017, the newly elected Taoiseach Leo Varadkar announced that Joe McHugh, Finian McGrath, and Mary Mitchell O'Connor would be appointed as Ministers of State and would sit at cabinet without a vote. On 20 June, Varadkar announced the remainder of the appointments as Junior Minister.

{| class="wikitable" !Name !Responsibility !Department(s) !colspan=2|Party !Term (In attendance at cabinet) (In attendance at cabinet) (In attendance at cabinet) (In attendance at cabinet)
 * Joe McHugh
 * Government Chief Whip and Gaeilge, Gaeltacht and the Islands
 * Government Chief Whip and Gaeilge, Gaeltacht and the Islands
 * Taoiseach Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
 * style="background-color: " |
 * Fine Gael
 * 2017–18
 * Mary Mitchell O'Connor
 * Higher Education
 * Higher Education
 * Education and Skills
 * style="background-color: " |
 * Fine Gael
 * 2017–present
 * Paul Kehoe
 * Defence
 * Defence
 * Taoiseach Defence
 * style="background-color: " |
 * Fine Gael
 * 2017–present
 * Finian McGrath
 * Disability Issues
 * Disability Issues
 * Health Justice and Equality Employment Affairs and Social Protection
 * style="background-color: "|
 * Independent
 * 2017–present
 * Helen McEntee
 * European Affairs
 * Foreign Affairs and Trade
 * style="background-color: "|
 * Fine Gael
 * 2017–present
 * Patrick O'Donovan
 * Public Procurement, Open Government and eGovernment
 * Finance Public Expenditure and Reform
 * style="background-color: "|
 * Fine Gael
 * 2017–present
 * Michael D'Arcy
 * Financial Services and Insurance
 * Finance Public Expenditure and Reform
 * style="background-color: "|
 * Fine Gael
 * 2017–present
 * Ciarán Cannon
 * Diaspora and International Development
 * Foreign Affairs and Trade
 * style="background-color: "|
 * Fine Gael
 * 2017–present
 * Jim Daly
 * Mental Health and Older People
 * Health
 * style="background-color: "|
 * Fine Gael
 * 2017–present
 * Brendan Griffin
 * Tourism and Sport
 * Transport, Tourism and Sport
 * style="background-color: "|
 * Fine Gael
 * 2017–present
 * John Paul Phelan
 * Local Government and Electoral Reform
 * Housing, Planning and Local Government
 * style="background-color: "|
 * Fine Gael
 * 2017–present
 * Catherine Byrne
 * Health Promotion and National Drugs Strategy
 * Health
 * style="background-color: "|
 * Fine Gael
 * 2017–present
 * Pat Breen
 * Trade, Employment, Business, EU Digital Single Market and Data Protection
 * Business, Enterprise and Innovation Employment Affairs and Social Protection Taoiseach Justice and Equality
 * style="background-color: "|
 * Fine Gael
 * 2017–present
 * Seán Kyne
 * Natural Resources, Community Affairs and Digital Development
 * Rural and Community Development Communications, Climate Action and Environment
 * style="background-color: "|
 * Fine Gael
 * 2017–18
 * John Halligan
 * Training, Skills, Innovation, Research and Development
 * Education and Skills Business, Enterprise and Innovation
 * style="background-color: "|
 * Independent
 * 2017–present
 * Andrew Doyle
 * Food, Forestry and Horticulture
 * Agriculture, Food and the Marine
 * style="background-color: "|
 * Fine Gael
 * 2017–present
 * Damien English
 * Housing and Urban Development
 * Housing, Planning and Local Government
 * style="background-color: "|
 * Fine Gael
 * 2017–present
 * Kevin "Boxer" Moran
 * Office of Public Works and Flood Relief
 * Public Expenditure and Reform
 * style="background-color: "|
 * Independent
 * 2017–present
 * David Stanton
 * Equality, Immigration and Integration
 * Justice and Equality
 * style="background-color: "|
 * Fine Gael
 * 2017–present
 * colspan=6|
 * Kevin "Boxer" Moran
 * Office of Public Works and Flood Relief
 * Public Expenditure and Reform
 * style="background-color: "|
 * Independent
 * 2017–present
 * David Stanton
 * Equality, Immigration and Integration
 * Justice and Equality
 * style="background-color: "|
 * Fine Gael
 * 2017–present
 * colspan=6|
 * 2017–present
 * colspan=6|
 * colspan=6|

16 October 2018
Changes after Joe McHugh appointed to Cabinet. (In attendance at cabinet)
 * Seán Kyne
 * Government Chief Whip and Gaeilge, Gaeltacht and the Islands
 * Government Chief Whip and Gaeilge, Gaeltacht and the Islands
 * Taoiseach Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
 * style="background-color: "|
 * Fine Gael
 * 2018–present
 * Seán Canney
 * Natural Resources, Community Affairs and Digital Development
 * Rural and Community Development Communications, Climate Action and Environment
 * style="background-color: "|
 * Independent
 * 2018–present
 * }
 * }

What the government did in office
Prose discussion of Brexit, referendums, housing, etc