Taoiseach
The Taoiseach (/ˈtiːʃəx/ (
listen)),[2] also referred to as An Taoiseach ([ən t̪ˠiːʃʲəx]),[3] is the head of the government in Ireland. The term prime minister is not used by the Irish media.[4]
| Prime Minister of Ireland - Taoiseach | |
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| Department of the Taoiseach | |
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| Member of | |
| Reports to | Oireachtas |
| Residence | Steward's Lodge |
| Seat | Government Buildings, Merrion Street, Dublin, Ireland |
| Nominator | Dáil Éireann |
| Appointer | President of Ireland |
| Term length | While commanding the confidence of the majority of Dáil Éireann. No term limits are imposed on the office. |
| Inaugural holder | Éamon de Valera[note 1] |
| Formation | 29 December 1937 |
| Deputy | Tánaiste |
| Salary | €207,590 annually[1] |
| Website | taoiseach |
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Appointment change
When a new Dáil Éireann meets after an election it nominates one of its members to be Taoiseach. He then visits the President, and is appointed. He then presents a list of ministers to the Dáil and when this is approved they are also appointed by the President.
If the Taoiseach resigns all members of the government are said to have resigned as well. If a minister does not resign when asked by the Taoiseach, the Taoiseach can ask the President to sack the minister. The President cannot refuse to do this.[5]
Department of the Taoiseach change
The Department of the Taoiseach helps the Taoiseach to do his job. The main duty of the Taoiseach is to start policy and coordinate policy of the rest of government. Especially policies on Economic and Social Development, Northern Ireland, the European Union and Public Sector Change and Oireachtas Reform.
The Government Chief Whip, who has to make sure the government's policies and ideas are turned into law, is a part of the Taoiseach's department.
The current Taoiseach is Simon Harris since 9 April 2024.
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Notes change
- ↑ Before the enactment of the 1937 Constitution of Ireland, the head of government was referred to as the President of the Executive Council. This office was first held by W. T. Cosgrave from 1922 to 1932, and then by Éamon de Valera from 1932 to 1937.
- ↑ Cosgrave was Chairman of the Provisional Government of the Irish Free State from 22 August 1922, during the transitional period before the state became officially independent on 6 December 1922 (See Irish heads of government since 1919).
- ↑ De Valera was President of Dáil Éireann in the pre-independence revolutionary Irish Government from 1 April 1919to 9 January 1922 (See Irish heads of government since 1919).
References change
- ↑ Oireachtas, Houses of the. "Salaries, Houses of the Oireachtas". oireachtas.ie. Retrieved 2 November 2019.
- ↑ "Taoiseach: definition of Taoiseach in Oxford dictionary (British & World English). Meaning, pronunciation and origin of the word". Oxford Language Dictionaries. Oxford University Press. 2013. Archived from the original on 25 December 2018. Retrieved 30 November 2013.
- ↑ Keeping the Irish definite article an /ən/ instead of English the.
- ↑ "BUNREACHT NA hÉIREANN".
Article 28.5.1 The head of the Government, or Prime Minister, shall be called, and is in this Constitution referred to as, the Taoiseach.
- ↑ "BUNREACHT NA hÉIREANN".
Article 28.9.4. The Taoiseach may at any time, for reasons which to him seem sufficient, request a member of the Government to resign; should the member concerned fail to comply with the request, his appointment shall be terminated by the President if the Taoiseach so advises.
- ↑ "Kenny's farewell: 'This has never been about me'". RTÉ News. 13 June 2017. Archived from the original on 13 June 2017. Retrieved 14 June 2017.
- ↑ Lord, Miriam (8 June 2017). "Taoiseach-in-waiting meets man waiting to be taoiseach". The Irish Times. Archived from the original on 8 June 2017. Retrieved 10 June 2017.
