The members of the 32nd Dáil met on 10 March to elect a new Ceann Comhairle , the first to be elected by secret ballot , and Seán Ó Fearghaíl of Fianna Fáil was elected to succeed Seán Barrett of Fine Gael . Kenny formally resigned as Taoiseach that same day , but remained in office as a caretaker until a new government was formed . Kenny sought an agreement with Fianna Fáil to form a government , and negotiations continued through most of April . An agreement was finally reached for a Fine Gael-led minority government on 29 April , 63 days after the election , and the Dáil formally re-elected Kenny as Taoiseach on 6 May . Kenny is the first Taoiseach from Fine Gael to win re-election
negotiations continued
2016 Irish government formation
2016 Irish general election