The Government has announced the appointment of 15 junior ministers.
Nine of the appointees are members of Fine Gael and six are Labour Party TDs.
A number of TDs considered contenders for senior ministries have been appointed such as Labour's Seán Sherlock and Róisín Shortall and Fine Gael's Fergus O'Dowd and Brian Hayes.
Mr Sherlock will be Minister of State for Research and Innovation at the Department of Enterprise, Jobs and Innovation and Department of Education and Skills.
Ms Shortall will be Minister of State for Primary Care at the Department of Health.
Mr Hayes will serve as Minister of State for Public Service Reform and the Office of Public Works at the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform and Department of Finance.
Mr O'Dowd will be involved in the planning of the NewEra development plan as Minister of State at the Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources and the Department of Environment, Community and Local Government.
Other appointees include Fine Gael's Lucinda Creighton, Michael Ring, John Perry, Shane McEntee and Ciaran Cannon. Alan Kelly, Kathleen Lynch and Jan O'Sullivan are the other Labour appointees.
It was announced yesterday that Fine Gael's Paul Kehoe would be Government Chief Whip and Minister of State for Defence at the Department of Taoiseach and Department of Defence and that Labour's Willie Penrose would be Minister of State for Housing and Planning at the Department of Environment, Community and Local Government.
List of Junior Ministries:
Government Chief Whip and Defence – Department of Taoiseach and Department of Defence - Paul Kehoe
Housing and Planning – Department of Environment, Community and Local Government - Willie Penrose
Gaeltacht Affairs – Department of Arts, Heritage and Gaeltacht Affairs - Dinny McGinley
Primary Care – Department of Health - Róisín Shortall
Small Business – Department of Enterprise, Jobs and Innovation - John Perry
Tourism and Sport – Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport - Michael Ring
Trade and Development – Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade - Jan O'Sullivan
Disability, Equality and Mental Health – Department of Health and Department of Justice, Equality and Defence - Kathleen Lynch
New Era Project – Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources and Department of Environment, Community and Local Government - Fergus O'Dowd
Public Service Reform and OPW – Department of Public Expenditure and Reform and Department of Finance - Brian Hayes
Food, Horticulture and Food Safety – Department of Agriculture, Marine and Food - Shane McEntee
European Affairs — Department of the Taoiseach & Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade - Lucinda Creighton
Research and Innovation – Department of Enterprise, Jobs and Innovation and Department of Education and Skills - Seán Sherlock
Training and Skills – Department of Education and Skills - Ciaran Cannon
Public and Commuter Transport – Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport - Alan Kelly
