 However, following the resignation of six cabinet ministers, it became clear that the Green Party would not allow him to fill the vacancies.He subsequently announced that the election for the 31st Dáil would take place on 11 March.Motions of no confidence in the outgoing government were tabled by Fine Gael for 25 January and by the Labour Party for 26 January; both parties said they would be willing to give the government time to expedite the Finance Act in return for bringing forward the election date.