Exercise 67C Identifying members of government and their roles Key Skills
Success criteria
I can research the government ministers and the government departments.
Research the following current members of cabinet. Look at websites such as gov.ie or Wikipedia and fi ll in the missing details below.
Position
1. Taoiseach 2. Tánaiste 3. Minister for Finance 4. Minister for Health 5. Minister for Education 6. Minister for Foreign Aff airs 7. Minister for Justice
Exercise 67D Assessing my knowledge of the government Key Skills
Success criteria Person Political party they represent
I can identify the words that best explain how the government works.
Working in pairs, fi ll in the blanks in the following exercise: The head of government in Ireland is the
head of government is called person must be elected by a majority in the
political parties. This is called a head of government is called the government is
. The current and is the leader of
. In order to become head of government in Ireland, a .
Then this person goes to Áras an Uachtaráin to receive their seal of offi ce from the . Governments in Ireland are mostly made up of two or more government. The deputy
. The current deputy head of . is a political party that is in the government. The head of government and the ministers are also referred to as the .