1.   The Prime Minister appoints ministers, reshuffles Cabinets, dismisses ministers, and promotes ministers.

2.   A political crisis in April split the ruling coalition government, and five PDC ministers were dismissed.

3.   Haughey dismissed two ministers before the no confidence vote.

4.   Earlier this year, a cabinet minister was dismissed for making similar allegations.

5.   He did not follow up on a threat to dismiss ministers who voted against the government for early elections, and they did not quit as threatened.

6.   Ostensibly she quit because she wanted the defense minister dismissed.

7.   The president normally dismisses a minister after a censure vote.

8.   The president normally dismisses a minister if Congress censures him.

9.   The president normally dismisses a minister who Congress censures.