Micheál Martin has been re-elected as Taoiseach and appointed a new Cabinet with 15 ministers from Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael. The Cabinet will focus on developing new relations with the UK, reforming the Justice Department, addressing housing and climate change, and strengthening trade with the United States. The new Cabinet has faced criticism for its lack of gender diversity.
A new Cabinet made up of 15 Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael Ministers was appointed by Mr Martin on Thursday evening after the Dáil voted by 95 votes to 76 to elect the Fianna Fáil leader as Taoiseach for a second time., who was appointed as Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, immediately moved to convene a trade conference of all Irish consulates and embassies in the United States.
The newly appointed Fianna Fáil Minister for Justice, Jim O’Callaghan, will lead efforts to reform the department, with a new division due to “take responsibility for the control of our borders”, Mr Martin said. This will be headed up by a secretary general with an individual budget and more direct oversight. On housing, a co-ordination and implementation group will operate from the Department of the Taoiseach while a new “climate clearing house” will also be established by Mr Martin.
There were few surprises on the Fine Gael side, as Longford-Westmeath TD Peter Burke was the only Minister to hold on to his existing brief, at Enterprise. Dún Laoghaire TDwas promoted to Minister for Health, while Kildare South TD Martin Heydon was promoted to Minister for Agriculture. Fine Gael’s Paschal Donohoe swapped places with Fianna Fáil Minister for Finance Jack Chambers, who took the Department of Public Expenditure.
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