The Republic of Ireland has an elected prime minister.
The head of government is the Taoiseach -LRB- Prime Minister , literally ` Chief ' , a title not used in English -RRB- , who is elected by the Dil and appointed by the President ; the Taoiseach in turn appoints other government ministers .	English	English language	President	President of Ireland	Taoiseach	Taoiseach	Dil	Dil ireann	head of government	head of government
Taoisigh -LSB- tii -RSB- , - shee ; -LSB- ti.x -RSB- -RRB- is the head of government or prime minister of Ireland .	Ireland	Republic of Ireland	head of government	head of government	prime minister	prime minister
The Taoiseach is appointed by the President upon the nomination of Dil ireann , the lower house of the Oireachtas -LRB- parliament -RRB- , and must , in order to remain in office , retain the support of a majority in the Dil .	Dil ireann	Dil ireann	Oireachtas	Oireachtas	President	President of Ireland	appointed	Irish general election, 2011
