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Additional reporting by Susan Ryan
Dáil Éireann
Enda Kenny's new coalition cabinet, in pictures
Our guide to who’s who in the new team of 15 tasked with running the country under the stewardship of Enda Kenny.
AFTER DAYS OF SPECULATION, newly-appointed Taoiseach Enda Kenny has named his cabinet for the 31st Dáil – and, as expected, it contains ten Fine Gael TDs and five from coalition partner Labour.
Some of the government portfolios have been divided differently by Kenny, with defence merged into the same department as justice and a full minister for children.
Marie Whelan SC has been nominated the country’s first female Attorney General.
Here’s TheJournal.ie‘s guide to the allocation of cabinet posts and the history and experience of the new team:
Enda Kenny - Taoiseach
Eamon Gilmore - Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs
Michael Noonan - Minister for Finance
Ruairi Quinn - Minister for Education and Skills
Brendan Howlin - Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform
Richard Bruton - Minister for Enterprise, Jobs and Economic Planning
Joan Burton - Minister for Social Protection
Jimmy Deenihan - Minister for Arts, Heritage and Gaeltacht Affairs
Pat Rabbitte - Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
Phil Hogan - Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government
Alan Shatter - Minister for Justice, Equality and Defence
Simon Coveney - Minister for Agriculture, Marine and Food
Frances Fitzgerald - Minister for Children
James Reilly - Minister for Health
Leo Varadkar - Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport
Paul Kehoe - Government Chief Whip and Junior Minister at Dept of an Taoiseach
Willie Penrose - Junior Minister with responsibility for Housing and Planning
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