  the 21st dÃ¡il was elected at the 1977 general election on 16 june 1977 and first met on 5 july when the 15th government of ireland was appointed. the 21st dÃ¡il lasted for 1,456 days. ==15th government of ireland==  the 15th government of ireland (5 july 1977 â 11 december 1979) was formed by the fianna fÃ¡il party. it was remembered for allowing the nuclear energy board plans for a plant at carnsore point to go ahead. desmond o'malley, as the minister in with responsibility for the board was central to this leadership. later the 16th government, under the same dÃ¡il, dropped these plans. {| class="wikitable" |- !office !colspan="2"| name !term |- ||taoiseach ! style="background-color: " | |jack lynch |1977â79 |- |tÃ¡naiste ! rowspan=3 style="background-color: " | |rowspan=3|george colley |rowspan=3|1977â79 |- |minister for finance |- |minister for the public service |- |minister for agriculture ! style="background-color: " | |jim gibbons |1977â79 |- |minister for defence ! style="background-color: " | |bobby molloy |1977â79 |- |minister for economic planning and development ! style="background-color: " | |martin o'donoghue |1977â79 |- |minister for education
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