Government of the 30th Dáil Government of the 30th Dáil The 30th Dáil was elected at the 2007 general election on 24 May 2007 and first met on 14 June when President Mary McAleese appointed Bertie Ahern as Taoiseach, on the nomination of Dáil Éireann. On the nomination of the Taoiseach, and following the Dáil's approval the 27th Government of Ireland was appointed. The 27th Government of Ireland (14 June 2007 – 7 May 2008) was composed of Fianna Fáil, the Green Party and the Progressive Democrats. It was also supported by four Independent TDs: Beverley Flynn, Jackie Healy-Rae, Michael Lowry and Finian McGrath. Flynn
LGBT rights in the Republic of Ireland On 6 April 2015, the "Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015" was signed into law, amending (among other acts) the "Adoption Act 2010", to enable same-sex couples to jointly adopt children and stepchildren. In June 2017, Leo Varadkar was appointed as Ireland's Taoiseach (Head of Government), and thus became the fourth openly gay head of state/government in the world. Same-sex sexual activity was decriminalised in 1993. This was the result of a campaign by Senator David Norris and the Campaign for Homosexual Law Reform which led to a ruling in 1988 that Irish laws prohibiting male homosexual activities were in