Government of the 30th Dáil later rejoined the Fianna Fáil parliamentary party in April 2008. Ministers are listed in order of seniority. The 28th Government of Ireland (7 May 2008 – 9 March 2011) was formed following the resignation of Bertie Ahern as Taoiseach on 6 May 2008 and the subsequent election of Brian Cowen as Ireland's 12th head of government. It was initially composed of Fianna Fáil, the Green Party, the Progressive Democrats and supported by independent TDs Jackie Healy-Rae, Michael Lowry and Finian McGrath. McGrath later withdrew his support in October 2008. Following the disbandment of the Progressive Democrats in 2009, it became
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