Government of Ireland

The Constitution of Ireland gives authority to a government which is headed by the Taoiseach, the head of government. The government is made up of ministers, each of whom must be a member of the Oireachtas, which consists of Dáil Éireann and Seanad Éireann.^[1]

The government is dependent on the Oireachtas to pass laws and so it needs a majority in the Dáil for budgets and government bills to pass.

The government runs the public administration in Ireland. In 2022 there were about 372,000 people working for it.^[2]

Government Of Ireland Media

Government Buildings in Dublin.
Official portrait of Leo Varadkar TD used on the Houses of the Oireachtas website.
Official portrait of Micheál Martin TD used on the Houses of the Oireachtas website.
Photograph of Irish politician and member of Fianna Fáil Michael McGrath in 2014
Deputy Secretary of State John Sullivan meets with Irish Foreign Minister Simon Coveney, on the margins of the 73rd Session of the United Nations General Assembly, in New York City on September 28, 2018.
Official portrait of Stephen Donnelly TD used on the Houses of the Oireachtas website.
Irish politician Norma Foley of Fianna Fáil, taken in 2020
Minister for Finance and Public Expenditure & Reform, Paschal Donohoe TD (Dublin Central)
Official portrait of Darragh O'Brien used on the Houses of the Oireachtas website.
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack meets with the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine Minister for Ireland, Charlie McConalogue to discuss trade at the U.S. Department of Agriculture in Washington, D.C. on April 27, 2022. USDA photo by Tom Witham.

↑ Book (eISB), electronic Irish Statute. "electronic Irish Statute Book (eISB)". www.irishstatutebook.ie. Retrieved 2023-03-15.
↑ "Department of Public Expenditure and Reform - Databank - Public Service Numbers". databank.per.gov.ie. Retrieved 2023-03-15.