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On 14 June 2017, President Michael D. Higgins presented Taoiseach Varadkar and the members of his Government with their seals of office.
Under the terms of Bunreacht na hÉireann (the Irish Constitution), the President of Ireland appoints the Taoiseach (Prime Minister), who has been nominated by Dáil Éireann.
The Taoiseach then nominates the other members of parliament that will make up the Government. They are approved by the Dáil and then appointed by the President.
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