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Quiz: How well do you know Ireland's new Cabinet?
Ireland’s government was finally formed on Thursday.
ON THURSDAY, MICHEÁL Martin was once again appointed Taoiseach of Ireland – almost two months after the general election was held in November.
Ireland’s fifteen ministers are joined by four super-junior ministers who will also be forming part of Cabinet.
Many of these ministers will be familiar faces, but some you may be less acquaintanced with – see how well you know the new Cabinet.
What is Peter Burke's ministry?
Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation
Enterprise, Tourism and Employment
Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport
Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science
Simon Harris is now Tánaiste - but he is also responsible for which of these?
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Education and Youth
Health
Finance
Foreign Affairs, Trade and Defence
Jack Chambers has taken over which portfolio?
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Housing, Local Government and Heritage
Finance
Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation
Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Who is this newly appointed senior minister from Fine Gael?
Martin Heydon
Cathal Crowe
Niall Collins
Cormac Devlin
James Lawless has been promoted from junior minister for Transport to minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science. What constituency does he represent?
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Kildare North
Dublin Bay South
Galway East
Waterford
Patrick O'Donovan has been appointed Minister for Communications, Arts and Culture. Is he Fianna Fáil or Fine Gael?
Fianna Fáil
Fine Gael
Darragh O'Brien has moved from his previous position as Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to which new brief?
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Children, Disability and Equality
Finance
Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
Transport and the Environment
Which TD landed the role of Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration?
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Dara Calleary
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Jim O'Callaghan
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Colm Burke
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Seán Fleming
Fine Gael's Jennifer Carroll MacNeill has been given the Health brief, replacing the felled Stephen Donnelly. What constituency does she represent?
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Dublin Central
Dublin Rathdown
Dublin South-Central
Dún Laoghaire
Which of these Ministers of State will NOT be attending Cabinet?
Thomas Byrne
Noel Grealish
Hildegarde Naughton
Seán Canney
You scored out of !
Micheál Martin
You may as well have appointed Cabinet yourself
You scored out of !
Simon Harris
Tánaiste and to-be Taoiseach (in a few years)
You scored out of !
You scored out of !
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