Fianna Fáil set to have 8 Cabinet seats and 7 will go to Fine Gael with Micheál Martin becoming next Taoiseach
Fianna Fáil set to have 8 Cabinet seats and 7 will go to Fine Gael with Micheál Martin becoming next TaoiseachIn Fine Gael, outgoing junior ministers Martin Heydon and Jennifer Carroll MacNeill’s names are frequently being mentioned as likely to be promoted when the Government is formed on Wednesday.and nine Independent TDs, there is growing speculation within the larger parties as to who will be appointed to Cabinet once Micheál Martin is elected Taoiseach again next week.
The is a growing view within Fianna Fáil that its outgoing senior ministers – Jack Chambers, Darragh O’Brien, Norma Foley and Charlie McConalogue will all stay in Cabinet. There has been much speculation that Mr O’Brien will remain on as Minister for Housing, but Ms Foley could be set for a move to the Department of Social Protection and Rural Affairs.
Chief whip Hildegarde Naughton, a Galway West TD, has also been mentioned as a possible contender for the role – although it has also been suggested that her background as a teacher and junior Minister at the Department of Education would be a good fit for the top job there. Waterford TD Mary Butler, meanwhile, a junior minister at the Department of Health and a member of Fianna Fáil’s Government formation talks negotiating team, has been linked to the role of Minister for Children and Disabilities.
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