The recently appointed Fine Gael leader replaces Leo Varadkar as premier.
The 37-year-old’s appointment was confirmed during a ceremony with President Michael D Higgins at his official residence at Aras an Uachtarain in Dublin.
The Wicklow TD’s wife Caoimhe and young children Saoirse and Cillian were in the public gallery of the Dail for proceedings, as were his parents Mary and Bart and brother Adam and sister Gemma.Mr Harris has assumed the lead of the Fine Gael, Fianna Fail and Green Party coalition government with less than a year to run before a general election must be called.
He paid warm tribute to Mr Varadkar for his “incredible service”, highlighting his handling of the Covid-19 pandemic and the fallout from Brexit.Mr Harris spoke of his love for his family, describing his wife as his “rock” and promising his children that “being your dad will remain my most important job”.
He pledged to address acute housing shortages in Ireland, describing the crisis as the “greatest societal and economic challenge of our generation”. He said it was an “opportune time” to build a new social contract that renewed Ireland’s founding principles as a republic.“To support those who need the state the most. To protect our hard-earned economic success.
His first task as Taoiseach will be a reshuffle of Fine Gael ministers in the administration, including which of his colleagues replaces him as minister for further and higher education.During proceedings in the Dail, Opposition TDs repeatedly called for an immediate general election, as they criticised the nomination of a new taoiseach without first going to the electorate.
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