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Cabinet Quiz

Quiz: Can you match the Cabinet minister to the portfolio?

How well do you know your ministers?
10.00pm, 13 Apr 2024
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WELCOME TO YOUR CSPE Junior Cert exam. 

Simon Harris has been Taoiseach for almost five whole days now and upon taking up the job, one of the first things he did was reshuffle his Cabinet. Ireland’s youngest ever Taoiseach didn’t go mad with the changes – it was really more of a mini-shuffle – but now seems as good a time as ever to refresh your Cabinet knowledge.

Can you match the Minister to the portfolio?

Which of these TDs took over from Simon Coveney as Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment?
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Peter Burke
Colm Burke

Colm Brophy
Peter Fitzpatrick
Which of these two men is current Minister for Finance?
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Paschal Donohoe
Michael McGrath
Which government department does this man lead as of this week?
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Social Protection
Tourism, Transport and Communications

Posts and Telegraphs
Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science
Simon Harris announced that there would be no change made to the office of Government Chief Whip. Who is the Government Chief Whip?
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Jack Chambers
Hildegarde Naughton

Cormac Devlin
Josepha Madigan
How many of the 15 full Cabinet positions are currently held by a Green Party minister?
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1
2

3
4
Helen McEntee was Minister for Justice before the reshuffle. What is she now?
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Minister for Defence
Minister for Foreign Affairs

Minister for Justice
Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform
Which of these sectors does not fall under the portfolio of Minister Catherine Martin?
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Tourism
Arts

Gaeltacht
Heritage
What was Simon Harris' most recent Cabinet portfolio before he was named Taoiseach?
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Health
Justice

Further and Higher Education
Education
Who among Ireland's Ministers and Ministers of State is the only Senator currently attending Cabinet meetings?
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Michael McDowell
Pippa Hackett

Lisa Chambers
Shane Cassells
Which department does Fianna Fáil's Norma Foley have responsibility for in addition to Education?
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None
Local Government

Communications
Food
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Normal cabinet
You're doing fine.
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You call that a cabinet?
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