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If a motion of no confidence in the Taoiseach or Government of Ireland is passed by Dáil Éireann, or a motion of confidence is defeated, then the Constitution requires both the Taoiseach and the Government to resign.〔Constitution of Ireland (Article 28 §§10–11 )〕 After this, either a replacement Taoiseach is elected by the Dáil, or the Dáil is dissolved and a general election is held. Motions have twice brought down the government, in each case resulting in an election: in November 1982 and again in November 1992. ==Ensuing dissolutions== In the Westminster model of parliamentary democracy, the minimum support necessary for a cabinet government to continue in office is confidence and supply from the responsible chamber, which in Ireland is the Dáil. Whereas in some jurisdictions the convention is for a prime minister who has lost confidence or supply to call an election, in Ireland he may be unable to do so. The post-1937 Constitution gives the President discretion to refuse to dissolve the Dáil when requested by a Taoiseach who has lost confidence.〔Constitution of Ireland (Article 13.2.2° )〕〔 More often, the Taoiseach has dissolved the Dáil in the face of the imminent threat of losing a confidence motion: in September 1927, 1938, 1944, 1951, 1957, and 1987.〔Mitchell 2006, p.430〕 The 1922 Constitution of the Irish Free State required an Executive Council which had lost the Dáil's confidence to have its approval for a dissolution;〔 W. T. Cosgrave circumvented this in September 1927 by calling an election while the Dáil was adjourned. As well as the November 1982 and November 1992 instances of loss of confidence, there has been one occasion when the Irish government fell due to loss of supply in the Dáil. That was in January 1982, when Jim Kemmy withdrew support for the minority Government of the 22nd Dáil by opposing a budget resolution to introduce VAT on children's shoes.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Financial Resolutions, 1982. – Financial Statement, Budget, 1982 ) (【引用サイトリンク】title=Financial Resolutions, 1982: Financial Resolution No. 1: Excise— Beer ) (【引用サイトリンク】title=Proclamation )〕 President Patrick Hillery acceded to Taoiseach Garret FitzGerald's request for a dissolution, resulting in a general election in February 1982. Brian Lenihan, Snr unsuccessfully tried to persuade the President to refuse a dissolution and allow Fianna Fáil to try to form a new government; an action which caused controversy when he ran in the 1990 presidential election. In 1994, when Labour left the coalition it had formed with Fianna Fáil in 1992, there was neither a confidence motion nor a request for a dissolution. Instead, negotiations led to a new coalition of Fine Gael, Labour, and Democratic Left. Fianna Fáil Taoiseach Albert Reynolds did not attempt to forestall this by requesting a dissolution, because he believed President Mary Robinson would have refused.〔 There have also been occasions when Seanad Éireann voted on a confidence motion; even if the government had lost the motion, it would not have fallen. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Confidence motions in Dáil Éireann」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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