Members of the 30th Dáil and Ruairi Quinn (Lab). Following a vote, John O'Donoghue was elected to this position. The position of Taoiseach was contested by Bertie Ahern (FF) and Enda Kenny (FG). Following a vote Bertie Ahern was elected to this position, making it his third consecutive term in office. On 7 May 2008, Brian Cowen was elected Taoiseach in place of Ahern, who had resigned. Séamus Kirk was elected Ceann Comhairle on 13 October 2009 following the resignation of O'Donoghue. Government coalition parties are denoted by "●". This is a graphical comparison of party strengths in the 30th Dáil from January 2011, shortly
Ministers of State of the 32nd Dáil Department of Defence. Finian McGrath, TD was appointed on the same date to the position of Minister of State for Disability. On 19 May 2016, 15 other ministerial appointments were announced. On 20 June 2017 Taoiseach Leo Varadkar announced his appointees to the Junior Minister roles. Ministers of State of the 32nd Dáil This is a list of Ministers of State of the 32nd Dáil. On 6 May 2016, the 30th Government of Ireland was nominated by Dáil Éireann on the advice of the Taoiseach, and then appointed by the President. The Fine Gael–Independent coalition was led by the Taoiseach,