FitzGerald government 2

The FitzGerald 2 government was the 19th government of the Republic of Ireland , in office from December 14, 1982 to March 10, 1987.

After a loss of confidence in the government of Charles Haughey ( FF ), parliament was dissolved. In the early elections on November 24, 1982 , Fine Gael (FG) and the Labor Party (ILP) together won a majority in the Dáil Éireann (lower house of the Irish Parliament), and together they held 86 of the 166 seats.

Garret FitzGerald (FG), who was head of government from June 1981 to March 1982, was elected Taoiseach (Prime Minister) on December 14, 1982 with 85 votes to 79 . The ministers were elected on the same day and appointed by the President . The ministers of state were appointed by the head of government on February 16.

Labor ministers left the government on January 20, 1987 after a dispute over budgetary policy. In the following early elections on February 14, 1987 , Fine Gail and Labor suffered a defeat. Head of government was again Charles Haughey, who headed a minority government of the Fianna Fáil.

composition

minister
Office	Surname	Political party	Term of office
Taoiseach (Prime Minister)	Garret FitzGerald	FG	December 14, 1982	-	March 10, 1987
Tánaiste (Vice Prime Minister)	Dick Spring	ILP	December 14, 1982	-	January 20, 1987
	Peter Barry	FG	January 20, 1987	-	March 10, 1987
Foreign minister			December 14, 1982	-	March 10, 1987
Environment Minister	Dick Spring	ILP	December 14, 1982	-	December 13, 1983
	Liam Kavanagh	ILP	December 13, 1983	-	February 14, 1986
	John Boland	FG	February 14, 1986	-	March 10, 1987
Minister for Industry and Energy	John Bruton	FG	December 14, 1982	-	December 13, 1983
	Dick Spring	ILP	December 13, 1983	-	17th December 1983
Energy minister			17th December 1983	-	January 20, 1987
	Michael Noonan	FG	January 20, 1987	-	March 10, 1987
Minister for Trade, Industry and Tourism	Frank Cluskey	FG	December 14, 1982	-	0December 8, 1983
	Garret FitzGerald (acting)	FG	December 8, 1983	-	December 13, 1983
	John Bruton	FG	December 13, 1983	-	17th December 1983
Minister for Industry, Trade, Commerce and Tourism			17th December 1983	-	February 14, 1986
	Michael Noonan	FG	February 14, 1986	-	February 19, 1986
Minister for Industry and Commerce			February 19, 1986	-	March 10, 1987
Minister of Labor	Liam Kavanagh	ILP	December 14, 1982	-	December 13, 1983
	Ruairi Quinn	ILP	December 13, 1983	-	January 20, 1987
	Gemma Hussey	FG	January 20, 1987	-	March 10, 1987
Minister of Education			December 14, 1982	-	February 14, 1986
	Patrick Cooney	FG	February 14, 1986	-	March 10, 1987
Defense Minister			December 14, 1982	-	February 14, 1986
	Paddy O'Toole	FG	February 14, 1986	-	March 10, 1987
Minister for the Gaeltacht			December 14, 1982	-	March 10, 1987
Minister for Fisheries and Forests			December 14, 1982	-	February 14, 1986
	Liam Kavanagh	ILP	February 14, 1986	-	February 19, 1986
Minister for Tourism, Fisheries and Forests			February 19, 1986	-	January 20, 1987
	Paddy O'Toole	FG	January 20, 1987	-	March 10, 1987
Minister of Public Service	John Boland	FG	December 14, 1982	-	February 14, 1986
	Ruairi Quinn	ILP	February 14, 1986	-	January 20, 1987
	John Bruton	FG	January 20, 1987	-	March 10, 1987
Minister of Transport Minister of Post and Telegraphy	Jim Mitchell	FG	December 14, 1982	-	02nd January 1984
Minister of Communication			2nd January 1984	-	March 10, 1987
Minister of Justice	Michael Noonan	FG	December 14, 1982	-	February 14, 1986
	Alan Dukes	FG	February 14, 1986	-	March 10, 1987
Finance minister			December 14, 1982	-	February 14, 1986
	John Bruton	FG	February 14, 1986	-	March 10, 1987
Minister of Health	Barry Desmond	ILP	December 14, 1982	-	January 20, 1987
	John Boland	FG	January 20, 1987	-	March 10, 1987
Minister of Social Affairs	Barry Desmond	ILP	December 14, 1982	-	February 14, 1986
	Gemma Hussey	FG	February 14, 1986	-	March 10, 1987
Minister of Agriculture	Austin Deasy	FG	December 14, 1982	-	March 10, 1987
Minister of State
Office	Surname	Political party	Term of office
Minister of State at the Taoiseach	Seán Barrett	FG	December 14, 1982	-	January 21, 1987
	Nuala Fennell	FG	December 16, 1982	-	January 21, 1987
	Ted Nealon	FG	December 16, 1982	-	January 21, 1987
	Fergus O'Brien	FG	February 13, 1986	-	January 21, 1987
Minister of State in the Ministry of Labor	George Birmingham	FG	December 16, 1982	-	January 21, 1987
	Enda Kenny	FG	February 13, 1986	-	January 21, 1987
Minister of State in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs	Jim O'Keeffe	FG	December 16, 1982	-	February 13, 1986
	George Birmingham	FG	February 13, 1986	-	January 21, 1987
Minister of State in the Ministry of Education	Donal Creed	FG	December 16, 1982	-	February 18, 1986
	George Birmingham	FG	December 15, 1983	-	February 13, 1986
	Seán Barrett	FG	February 13, 1986	-	January 21, 1987
	Enda Kenny	FG	February 13, 1986	-	January 21, 1987
Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance	Joseph Bermingham	ILP	December 16, 1982	-	February 13, 1986
	Jim O'Keeffe	FG	May 1, 1986	-	January 21, 1987
	Avril Doyle	FG	February 13, 1986	-	January 21, 1987
Minister of State in the Ministry of Fisheries and Forests	Michael D'Arcy	FG	December 16, 1982	-	February 18, 1986
	John Donnellan	FG	February 13, 1986	-	February 19, 1986
	Michael Moynihan	ILP	February 13, 1986	-	February 19, 1986
Minister of State in the Ministry of Tourism, Fisheries and Forests	John Donnellan	FG	February 19, 1986	-	January 21, 1987
	Michael Moynihan	ILP	February 19, 1986	-	January 20, 1987
Minister of State in the Ministry for the Gaeltacht	Michael D'Arcy	FG	December 16, 1982	-	February 18, 1986
Minister of State in the Ministry of Health	Fergus O'Brien	FG	December 16, 1982	-	December 15, 1983
	John Donnellan	FG	December 15, 1983	-	January 21, 1987
Minister of State in the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Tourism	Michael Moynihan	ILP	December 16, 1982	-	17th December 1983
	Edward Collins	FG	December 15, 1983	-	17th December 1983
Minister of State in the Ministry of Industry, Trade, Commerce and Tourism	Edward Collins	FG	17th December 1983	-	February 19, 1986
	Michael Moynihan	ILP	17th December 1983	-	February 19, 1986
	Patrick Hegarty	FG	February 13, 1986	-	February 19, 1986
Minister of State in the Ministry of Industry and Commerce	Edward Collins	FG	February 19, 1986	-	September 23, 1986
	Michael Moynihan	ILP	February 19, 1986	-	January 21, 1987
	Patrick Hegarty	FG	February 19, 1986	-	January 21, 1987
	Richard Bruton	FG	September 23, 1986	-	January 21, 1987
Minister of State in the Ministry of Industry and Energy	Edward Collins	FG	December 16, 1982	-	17th December 1983
Minister of State in the Ministry of Energy			17th December 1983	-	September 23, 1986
Minister of State in the Ministry of Justice	Nuala Fennell	FG	January 7, 1983	-	January 21, 1987
Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture	Paul Connaughton	FG	December 16, 1982	-	January 21, 1987
	Patrick Hegarty	FG	December 16, 1982	-	January 21, 1987
Minister of State in the Ministry of Public Service	Jim O'Keeffe	FG	February 13, 1986	-	January 21, 1987
Minister of State in the Ministry of Post and Telegraphy	John Donnellan	FG	December 16, 1982	-	2nd January 1984
	Ted Nealon	FG	February 18, 1983	-	2nd January 1984
	Fergus O'Brien	FG	February 13, 1986	-	January 21, 1987
Minister of State in the Ministry of Social Affairs	Fergus O'Brien	FG	December 16, 1982	-	December 15, 1983
	John Donnellan	FG	December 15, 1983	-	January 21, 1987
	Séamus Pattison	ILP	December 15, 1983	-	January 20, 1987
Minister of State in the Ministry of the Environment	Ruairi Quinn	ILP	December 14, 1982	-	February 13, 1986
	Avril Doyle	FG	February 13, 1986	-	January 21, 1987
	Fergus O'Brien	FG	February 13, 1986	-	January 21, 1987
	Toddy O'Sullivan	ILP	February 13, 1986	-	January 20, 1987
Minister of State in the Ministry of Transport	John Donnellan	FG	December 16, 1982	-	December 15, 1983
Minister of State in the Ministry of Defense	Seán Barrett	FG	December 14, 1982	-	February 13, 1986
	Fergus O'Brien	FG	February 13, 1986	-	January 21, 1987

Reshuffles

On December 8, 1983, Frank Cluskey , Minister of Commerce, Industry and Tourism resigned. Taoiseach Garret FitzGerald took over his department on a provisional basis . On December 13th there was a government reshuffle. Ruairi Quinn , previously Minister of State in the Ministry of the Environment, became Minister of Labor, while Liam Kavanagh moved from Minister of Labor to Minister of Environment. Deputy Prime Minister Dick Spring , previously Secretary of the Environment, succeeded John Bruton in the Department of Industry and Energy , who took over the Department of Commerce.

On December 17, 1983, the Ministry of Industry and Energy was renamed the Ministry of Energy, and the Ministry of Trade, Commerce and Tourism became the Ministry of Industry, Trade, Commerce and Tourism.

On January 2, 1984, the Ministries of Transport and Post and Telegraph were merged and renamed the Ministry of Communications. Jim Mitchell , who had previously headed the Transport and Post and Telegraph departments, took over the management .

On February 14, there was an extensive reshuffle in the cabinet.

On January 20, 1987, the four Labor Ministers, Barry Desmond , Liam Kavanagh , Ruairi Quinn and Dick Spring resigned. Their ministries have been taken over by other ministers.

Web links

• Twenty-Fourth Dáil. Department of the Taoiseach, November 30, 2017, accessed February 29, 2020 . 

Individual evidence

1. ↑ The Fischer World Almanac 1984 . Fischer Taschenbuchverlag, Frankfurt am Main 1983, ISBN 3-596-19084-3 , Sp.  167 .
2. ^ Dáil Éireann debate - Tuesday, December 14, 1982. Houses of the Oireachtas, accessed February 29, 2020 .  
3. ↑ Dáil Éireann debate - Wednesday, December 15, 1982. Houses of the Oireachtas, accessed February 29, 2020 .  
4. ↑ Dáil Éireann debate - Thursday, December 1, 1982. Houses of the Oireachtas, accessed February 29, 2020 .  
5. ↑ The Fischer World Almanac 1988 . Fischer Taschenbuchverlag, Frankfurt am Main 1987, ISBN 3-596-19088-6 , Sp.  308 f .
6. ↑ Dáil Éireann debate - Tuesday, December 13, 1983. Houses of the Oireachtas, accessed February 29, 2020 .  
7. ↑ ^{a b} Dáil Éireann debate - Friday, December 16, 1983. Houses of the Oireachtas, accessed February 29, 2020 .  
8. ↑ Seanad Éireann debate - Wednesday, December 21, 1983. Houses of the Oireachtas, accessed February 29, 2020 . Dáil Éireann debate - Wednesday, Jan 18, 1984. Houses of the Oireachtas, accessed February 29, 2020 .  
   ↑  
9. ^ Dáil Éireann debate - Tuesday, Feb. 18, 1986. Houses of the Oireachtas, accessed February 29, 2020 .  
10. ^ Dáil Éireann debate - Wednesday, Jan 21, 1987. Houses of the Oireachtas, accessed February 29, 2020 .