Simon Harris has said that he will prioritise his new Justice portfolio in the coming months, after he was named as Helen McEntee's replacement until she returns from maternity leave, in addition to his Higher and Further Education brief
SIMON HARRIS HAS said he intends to give his new role as Minister for Justice his “all”, despite retaining his position as Minister for Higher and Further Education.
Speaking on Newstalk today, Harris said: “I think there’s no greater role that any minister has than the safety and security of citizens in the state. And I’ll be taking that responsibility extremely seriously. He added that “I have a very good department that I enjoy in the Department of Further and Higher Education” but it is not a department “that tends not to be in the political crosshairs that often.”
After his election as Taoiseach, Varadkar announced his Cabinet in the Dáil. There are 18 government departments, or departments of state.Former Taoiseach, Micheál Martin, is to take up the role of Minister for Foreign Affairs alongside the office of the Tánaiste. It had been widely speculated that he would opt for the job and push Simon Coveney into another portfolio, Enterprise.
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