Reynolds Government 2
The Reynolds 2 government was the 23rd government of the Republic of Ireland , in office from January 12, 1993 to December 15, 1994.
From 1989 to 1992 a coalition of Fianna Fáil (FF) and Progressive Democrats (PD) ruled . After the withdrawal of the Progressive Democrats from government on November 4, 1992, Taoiseach (Prime Minister) Albert Reynolds (FF) put the vote of confidence the following day and lost with 77 votes to 88. Reynolds then moved to dissolve Parliament.
In the subsequent parliamentary elections on November 25, 1992 Fianna Fáil lost 9 seats and only got 68 of the 166 seats in parliament. At the first session of the Dáil Éireann (lower house of the Irish Parliament) on December 14, 1992 incumbent Reynolds failed in the election for Taoiseach with 68 against 94 votes. The candidates of the Fine Gael (FG), John Bruton , and the Labor Party (ILP), Dick Spring , could not win a majority. Reynolds then announced his resignation the next day. After Fianna Fáil and Labor, who together held 101 of the 166 seats in parliament, agreed on a coalition, Reynolds and the ministers were elected by the Dáil on January 12, 1993 and appointed by the President . The ministers of state were appointed on January 14th.
On November 17, 1994, Labor left the government in protest at the appointment of Attorney General Harry Whelehan as chairman of the High Court of Ireland. Whelehan had refused to allow a child who was pregnant after being raped to travel to Great Britain to have an abortion there. After two days in office, Whelehan resigned on November 17th.
Prime Minister Reynolds announced his resignation, the government ran the business until a new government was formed. After the failure of negotiations between Fianna Fáail and Labor, Fine Gael and Labor agreed to form a new government. John Bruton , the chairman of Fine Gael, was elected the new Taoiseach by Parliament on December 15, 1994 with 85 votes to 74.
composition
| minister | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Office | Surname | Political party | Term of office | ||
| Taoiseach (Prime Minister) | Albert Reynolds | FF | - | ||
| Tánaiste (Vice Prime Minister) | Dick Spring | ILP | - | ||
| Bertie Ahern (acting) | FF | - | |||
| Foreign minister | Dick Spring | ILP | - | ||
| Albert Reynolds (acting) | FF | - | |||
| Finance minister | Bertie Ahern | FF | - | ||
| Minister of Social Affairs | Michael Woods | FF | - | ||
| Minister of Justice | Máire Geoghegan-Quinn | FF | - | ||
| Minister for Industry and Commerce | Ruairi Quinn | ILP | - | ||
| Minister for Enterprise and Employment | - | ||||
| Charlie McCreevy (acting) | FF | - | |||
| Environment Minister | Michael Smith | FF | - | ||
| Minister of Defense Minister for Marine Affairs |
David Andrews | FF | - | ||
| Minister for Agriculture and Food | Joe Walsh | FF | - | ||
| Minister for Agriculture, Food and Forests | - | ||||
| Minister for Tourism, Transport and Communication | Charlie McCreevy | FF | - | ||
| Minister for Tourism and Trade | - | ||||
| Energy minister | Brian Cowen | FF | - | ||
| Minister for Transport, Energy and Communication | - | ||||
| Minister of Labor | Mervyn Taylor | ILP | - | ||
| Minister for Equality and Legal Reform | - | ||||
| Máire Geoghegan-Quinn (acting) | FF | - | |||
| Minister for the Gaeltacht | Michael D. Higgins | ILP | - | ||
| Minister for Art, Culture and the Gaeltacht | - | ||||
| Bertie Ahern (acting) | FF | - | |||
| Minister of Health | Brendan Howlin | ILP | - | ||
| Michael Woods (acting) | FF | - | |||
| Minister of Education | Niamh Bhreathnach | ILP | - | ||
| Michael Smith (acting) | FF | - | |||
| Minister of State | |||||
| Office | Surname | Political party | Term of office | ||
| Minister of State at the Taoiseach | Noel Dempsey | FF | - | ||
| Tom Kitt | FF | - | |||
| Noel Treacy | FF | - | |||
| Minister of State in the Ministry of Defense | Noel Dempsey | FF | - | ||
| Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance | - | ||||
| Noel Treacy | FF | - | |||
| Eithne FitzGerald | ILP | - | |||
| Minister of State in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs | Tom Kitt | FF | - | ||
| Minister of State in the Ministry of Energy | Noel Treacy | FF | - | ||
| Minister of State in the Ministry of Transport, Energy and Communication | - | ||||
| Minister of State in the Ministry of Industry and Commerce | Mary O'Rourke | FF | - | ||
| Séamus Brennan | FF | - | |||
| Minister of State in the Ministry of Enterprise and Employment | Mary O'Rourke | FF | - | ||
| Séamus Brennan | FF | - | |||
| Minister of State in the Ministry for the Gaeltacht | Pat Gallagher | FF | - | ||
| Minister of State in the Ministry of Art, Culture and the Gaeltacht | - | ||||
| Minister of State in the Ministry of Education | Liam Aylward | FF | - | ||
| Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture and Food | Liam Hyland | FF | - | ||
| Brian O'Shea | ILP | - | |||
| Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Forests | Liam Hyland | FF | - | ||
| Brian O'Shea | ILP | - | |||
| Minister of State in the Ministry of Health Minister of State in the Ministry of Justice |
Willie O'Dea | FF | - | ||
| Minister of State in the Ministry of the Environment | John Browne | FF | - | ||
| Emmet Stagg | ILP | - | |||
| Minister of State in the Ministry of Marine Affairs | Gerry O'Sullivan | ILP | - | ||
| Minister of State in the Ministry of Social Affairs | Joan Burton | ILP | - | ||
Appointments and renaming
Shortly after the government took office, some departments were renamed.
- The Ministry of Labor became the Ministry of Equality and Legal Reform
- The Ministry of Energy became the Ministry of Transport, Energy and Communications
- The Ministry for the Gaeltacht became the Ministry for Art, Culture and the Gaeltacht
- The Ministry of Industry and Commerce became the Ministry of Enterprise and Employment
- The Ministry of Agriculture and Food became the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Forests
- The Ministry of Tourism, Transport and Communication became the Ministry of Tourism and Trade
Minister of State for the Department of the Sea, Gerry O'Sullivan, died on August 5, 1994.
Pat Gallagher , Minister of State in the Ministry of Art, Culture and the Gaeltacht and the Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Forests, Liam Hyland , were elected to the European Parliament and resigned on June 15, 1994.
After the Labor Party left the government on November 17, 1994, the departments previously headed by Labor Ministers were temporarily managed by other ministers until a successor government was formed. The resigned ministers of state were not replaced.
Web links
- Twenty-Seventh Dáil. Department of the Taoiseach, December 4, 2017, accessed March 11, 2020 .
Individual evidence
- ^ Twenty-Sixth Dáil. Department of the Taoiseach, December 3, 2017, accessed March 11, 2020 .
- ↑ Dáil Éireann debate - Thursday, 5 Nov 1992. Houses of the Oireachtas, accessed March 11, 2020 .
- ↑ The Fischer World Almanac 1994 . Fischer Taschenbuchverlag, Frankfurt am Main 1993, ISBN 3-596-19094-0 , Sp. 95 f .
- ↑ Dáil Éireann debate - Monday, December 14, 1992. Houses of the Oireachtas, accessed March 11, 2020 .
- ↑ Dáil Éireann debate - Tuesday, December 15, 1992. Houses of the Oireachtas, accessed March 11, 2020 .
- ^ Dáil Éireann debate - Tuesday, January 12, 1993. Houses of the Oireachtas, accessed March 11, 2020 .
- ↑ a b Dáil Éireann debate - Wednesday, 10 Feb 1993. Houses of the Oireachtas, accessed March 11, 2020 .
- ↑ The Fischer World Almanac 1996 . Fischer Taschenbuchverlag, Frankfurt am Main 1995, ISBN 3-596-19096-7 , Sp. 342 .
- ↑ Dáil Éireann debate - Thursday, Nov 17, 1994. Houses of the Oireachtas, accessed March 11, 2020 .
- ↑ Dáil Éireann debate - Thursday, December 15, 1994. Houses of the Oireachtas, accessed March 11, 2020 .
- ↑ Dáil Éireann debate - Thursday, 25 Aug 1994. Houses of the Oireachtas, accessed on 11 March 2020 .
- ↑ Dáil Éireann debate - Tuesday 22 Nov 1994. Houses of the Oireachtas, accessed March 11, 2020 .