[7] After his appointment as Taoiseach by the president, Enda Kenny proposed the members of the government and they were approved by the Dáil.

[7][9] On 6 May 2016, the government on the nomination of the Taoiseach appointed Regina Doherty, Paul Kehoe and Finian McGrath as ministers of state in attendance at cabinet but without a vote.

On 15 February 2017, a motion of confidence in the government proposed by Taoiseach Enda Kenny was approved with 57 votes in favour to 52 against and 44 registered abstentions.

Leo Varadkar succeeded him as leader in a party leadership election concluding on 2 June.

[37] Varadkar was the first Fine Gael leader to succeed a party colleague as Taoiseach within a Dáil term.

After his appointment as Taoiseach by the president, Leo Varadkar proposed the members of the government and they were approved by the Dáil.

[48][49] Séamus Woulfe SC was appointed by the president as Attorney General on the nomination of the Taoiseach.

[37][39] On 14 June 2017, the government on the nomination of the Taoiseach appointed Joe McHugh, Mary Mitchell O'Connor, Paul Kehoe and Finian McGrath as ministers of state in attendance at cabinet but without a vote.

[71] It replaced the protection of the right of the unborn with a clause allowing the termination of pregnancy to be regulated by law.

[72] The Thirty-seventh Amendment was proposed by Minister for Justice and Equality Charlie Flanagan and approved in a referendum on 26 October 2018.

Leo Varadkar announced that he would resign as Taoiseach but under the provisions of Article 28.11 of the Constitution, the government continued to carry out their duties until their successors were appointed.

The government proposed two pieces of legislation in response to the coronavirus pandemic which were passed by the Oireachtas: the Health (Preservation and Protection and other Emergency Measures in the Public Interest) Act 2020, enacted on 20 March, and the Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (COVID-19) Act 2020, enacted on 27 March.