The Government of the 22nd Dáil or the 17th Government of Ireland (30 June 1981 – 9 March 1982) was the

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formed after the 1981 general election. It was a minority

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and the Labour Party led by

Garret FitzGerald Garret Desmond FitzGerald (9 February 192619 May 2011) was an Irish Fine Gael politician, economist and barrister who served twice as Taoiseach, serving from 1981 to 1982 and 1982 to 1987. He served as Leader of Fine Gael from 1977 to 1987, and ...

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. The 17th Government lasted for days.

17th Government of Ireland

Nomination of Taoiseach

The 22nd Dáil first met on 30 June 1981. In the debate on the nomination of Taoiseach,

Fianna Fáil leader ''Fianna'' ( , ; singular ''Fian''; gd, Fèinne ) were small warrior-hunter bands in Gaelic Ireland during the Iron Age and early Middle Ages. A ''fian'' was made up of freeborn young males, often aristocrats, "who had left fosterage but had ...

and outgoing Taoiseach

Charles Haughey Charles James Haughey (; 16 September 1925 – 13 June 2006) was an Irish Fianna Fáil politician who served as Taoiseach on three occasions – 1979 to 1981, March to December 1982 and 1987 to 1992. He was also Minister for the Gaeltacht from ...

, and

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were both proposed. The nomination of Haughey was defeated with 79 votes in favour to 83 against, while the nomination of FitzGerald was carried with 81 in favour and 78 against. FitzGerald was appointed as Taoiseach by

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Patrick Hillery Patrick John Hillery ( ga, Pádraig J. Ó hIrghile; 2 May 1923 – 12 April 2008) was an Irish Fianna Fáil politician who served as the sixth president of Ireland from December 1976 to December 1990. He also served as vice-president of the Euro ...

Members of the Government

After his appointment as Taoiseach by the president, Garret FitzGerald proposed the members of the government and they were approved by the Dáil. They were appointed by the president on the same day. ;Notes

Attorney General

On 30 July 1981,

Peter Sutherland Peter Denis Sutherland (25 April 1946 – 7 January 2018) was an Irish businessman, barrister and Fine Gael politician who served as UN Special Representative for International Migration from 2006 to 2017. He was known for serving in a variety ...

SC was appointed by the president as

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on the nomination of the Taoiseach.

Ministers of State

On 30 June 1981, the Government appointed

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on the nomination of the Taoiseach.

Budget

On 27 January 1982, the

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proposed the budget. The budget was defeated with 81 votes cast in favour and 82 votes cast against. The Taoiseach sought a dissolution of the Dáil, which was granted by the president, leading to the February 1982 general election.

References

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