Lemass Government 3

The Lemass 3 government was the 11th government of the Republic of Ireland , in office from April 21, 1965 to November 10, 1966.

In the parliamentary elections on April 7, 1965 , Fianna Fáil (FF) , who had ruled since 1957, won back her absolute majority. It provided 72 of the 144 MPs. Seán Lemass , Taoiseach (Prime Minister) since 1959 , was re-elected as head of government on April 24, 1965 by 72 votes to 67 by the Dáil Éireann (Lower House of the Irish Parliament). The members of the government were elected at the same meeting. On November 10, 1966 Prime Minister Lemass resigned and proposed Finance Minister Jack Lynch , who had already succeeded him as party leader, as his successor.

composition

minister
Office	Surname	Political party	Term of office
Taoiseach (Prime Minister)	Seán Lemass	FF	April 21, 1965	-	November 10, 1966
Tánaiste (Vice Prime Minister) and Foreign Minister	Frank Aiken	FF	April 21, 1965	-	November 10, 1966
Minister for Transport and Energy	Erskine Childers	FF	April 21, 1965	-	November 10, 1966
Finance minister	Jack Lynch	FF	April 21, 1965	-	November 10, 1966
Minister for Local Administration	Neil Blaney	FF	April 21, 1965	-	November 10, 1966
Minister for Social Affairs	Kevin Boland	FF	April 21, 1965	-	November 10, 1966
Minister for Land and the Gaeltacht	Michael Moran	FF	April 21, 1965	-	November 10, 1966
Defense Minister	Michael Hilliard	FF	April 21, 1965	-	November 10, 1966
Minister for Industry and Trade	Patrick Hillery	FF	April 21, 1965	-	July 13, 1966
	George Colley	FF	July 13, 1966	-	November 10, 1966
Minister of Agriculture	Charles Haughey	FF	April 21, 1965	-	0July 6, 1965
Minister for Agriculture and Fisheries			July 6, 1965	-	November 10, 1966
Minister of Justice	Brian Lenihan	FF	April 21, 1965	-	November 10, 1966
Minister for Post and Telegraphy	Joseph Brennan	FF	April 21, 1965	-	November 10, 1966
Minister of Health	Donogh O'Malley	FF	April 21, 1965	-	July 13, 1966
	Seán Flanagan	FF	July 13, 1966	-	November 10, 1966
Minister of Education	George Colley	FF	April 21, 1965	-	July 13, 1966
	Donogh O'Malley	FF	July 13, 1966	-	November 10, 1966
Minister of Labor	Patrick Hillery	FF	July 13, 1966	-	November 10, 1966
State Secretaries
Office	Surname	Political party	Term of office
Parliamentary Secretary to the Taoiseach and to the Minister of Defense	Michael Carty	FF	April 21, 1965	-	November 10, 1966
Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Industry and Trade	Seán Flanagan	FF	April 21, 1965	-	July 13, 1966
Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Local Administration	Paudge Brennan	FF	April 21, 1965	-	November 10, 1966
Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Finance	James Gibbons	FF	April 21, 1965	-	November 10, 1966
Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for the Gaeltacht	Pádraig Faulkner	FF	April 21, 1965	-	November 10, 1966
Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Agriculture	Patrick Lalor	FF	April 21, 1965	-	November 10, 1966

Reshuffles

On July 13, 1966, an additional department was created with the Ministry of Labor. Minister became the previous Minister of Industry Patrick Hillery , his successor was Minister of Education George Colley . The Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Industry and Trade Seán Flanagan became Minister of Health, while the previous incumbent Donogh O'Malley took over the Ministry of Education.

Web links

• Eighteenth Dáil. Department of the Taoiseach, November 28, 2017, accessed February 16, 2020 . 

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Dáil Éireann debate - Wednesday, 21 Apr 1965. Houses of the Oireachtas, accessed on 16 February 2020 .  
2. ↑ Dáil Éireann debate - Tuesday, April 27, 1965. Houses of the Oireachtas, accessed February 16, 2020 .  
3. ^ Dáil Éireann debate - Thursday, Nov 10, 1966. Houses of the Oireachtas, accessed February 16, 2020 .  
4. ^ Dáil Éireann debate - Thursday, Nov 10, 1966. Houses of the Oireachtas, accessed February 16, 2020 .  
5. ↑ Seanad Éireann debate - Wednesday, 13 Jul 1965. Houses of the Oireachtas, accessed February 15, 2020 .