Cabinet of Caldia
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The Cabinet of the Caldia is the collective decision-making body of His Majesty's Government of the Kingdom of Caldia, composed of the taoiseach, tánaiste, and some 24 cabinet ministers, the most senior of the government ministers.
Meetings of the Cabinet
The cabinet meets every Monday at 13:00 EST. Meetings traditionally last two hours, with a fifteen minute break at the halfway mark. Emergency meetings call be called by the taoiseach at his or her discretion. The full cabinet, including both voting and non-voting ministers, attends the regular meetings. Special sessions of the cabinet can be called at the discretion of the taoiseach, with various ministers being excluded. For the cabinet to approve a resolution, all voting ministers must be present.
Since the relocation of the Taoiseach's Office to Ráitherialtais in 1976, the cabinet has met in the T Bloc, the building which housed the Executive Bureau and the Ministry of Justice and Equality. However, following the 23 August Attacks and the destruction of the T Bloc and a number of other government buildings in the district, the cabinet has held its regular meetings at Loveland House. The Executive Bureau was also relocated to Loveland House. Previously, only emergency cabinet sessions called late at night would be held at Loveland.
Parliamentary accountability
All voting members of the cabinet must come from the Comhthionól Náisiúnta, a rule which has been in effect since the passage of the Instrument for Governance Act of 1965. Before this, cabinet ministers could come from the Seanad Glítteann or from outside of the Tionól.
Cabinet ministers must be appointed by the Comhthionól when it is in session. If the legislature is in recess, they can be appointed by the taoiseach without the legislature's consent. This is the case after a general election when the newly elected or newly re-elected taoiseach appoints his or her cabinet. When the legislature is in session, the taoiseach nominates a minister who must then be approved by the relevant Comhthionól committee before the entire house can vote on the nomination. A simple majority vote is needed for confirmation.
Current cabinet
Cabinet ministers
Portfolio | Minister | Took office | Left office |
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Taoiseach | Stiofán Mac Suibhne | 27 February 2019 | Incumbent |
Minister of Foreign Affairs and Tánaiste | Séamus Ó Faoláin | 27 February 2019 | Incumbent |
Minister of Agriculture and Rural Affairs | Áine Níc Dáire | 27 February 2019 | Incumbent |
Minister of Children and Social Inclusion | Colmán Ó Deá | 27 February 2021 | 2 June 2021 |
Désirée Celice | 2 June 2021 | Incumbent | |
Minister of Culture | Séarlas Mac Conmheadha | 27 February 2021 | 1 June 2021 |
Colmán Ó Deá | 2 June 2021 | Incumbent | |
Minister of Defence | Dòmhnall Mac Dhòmhnaill | 27 February 2019 | Incumbent |
Minister of Education | Gráinne Ní Cheanndubháin | 27 February 2019 | Incumbent |
Minister of Energy Minister of Petroleum |
Seán Mac Cearbhaill | 27 February 2019 | Incumbent |
Minister of the Environment and Climate | Micheál Wei | 27 February 2019 | Incumbent |
Minister of Finance Minister of Pensions and Welfare |
Pádraigín Níc Aodhagain | 27 February 2019 | Incumbent |
Minister of Health | Dr. Iseabail Nic Uilliam | 27 February 2019 | Incumbent |
Minister of the Interior | Murchadh Ó Dochartaigh | 27 February 2019 | Incumbent |
Minister of International Investment and Cooperation | Siobhan Fitzwarren | 27 February 2021 | 1 June 2021 |
Shirn Amanpour | 2 June 2021 | Incumbent | |
Minister of International Investment and Cooperation | Shirn Amanpour | 27 February 2021 | 2 June 2021 |
Peader Iho | 2 June 2021 | Incumbent | |
Minister of Labour | Gearóid Mac Mhaighstir | 27 February 2019 | Incumbent |
Minister of Justice and Equality | Deirbhile Leamhnach | 27 February 2019 | Incumbent |
Minister of National Security | Fionnbharr Ó Madáin | 27 February 2019 | Incumbent |
Minister of Transport and Communication | Mairéad Mulherin | 27 February 2019 | Incumbent |
Minister of Urban Development and Housing Minister of Urban Affairs and Municipal Relations |
Aliyu Ruma | 27 February 2019 | 24 May 2021 |
Isibéal Mneria | 2 June 2021 | Incumbent |
Non-voting ministers
Portfolio | Minister | Took office | Left office |
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Chief Whip of the Comhthionól Náisiúnta | Shabana Sarwar | 27 February 2019 | Incumbent |
Delegate to the Euclean Council | Máirín Ní Ríain | 27 February 2019 | Incumbent |
Past cabinets
- First Mac Coinneach Cabinet (1969-1972)
- Second Mac Coinneach Cabinet (1972-1977)
- Ó Muilleoir Cabinet (1977-1982)
- First Flowers Cabinet (1982-1987)
- Second Flowers Cabinet (1987-1992)
- First Nic Uilliam Cabinet (1992-1997)
- Second Nic Uilliam Cabinet (1997-2002)
- Ó Faoláin Cabinet (2002)
- Kelley Cabinet (2002-2007)
- First Walker Cabinet (2007-2012)
- Second Walker Cabinet (2012-2017)
- O'Reilly Cabinet (2017-2018)
- Casarnach Cabinet (2018-2019)
- Dumfries Cabinet (2019)