Taoiseach Enda Kenny has announced the makeup of the new Cabinet. Singificant appointments include Simon Harris to Health, Leo Varadkar to Social Protection and Shane Ross to Transport. Mr Ross was among three Independent TDs to receive ministerial portfolios. The posts are as follows:
Department of Social Protection: Leo Varadkar
Finance: Michael Noonan
Public Expenditure and Reform: Paschal Donohoe
Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Mary Mitchell O’Connor
Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Michael Creed
Justice and Equality: Frances Fitzgerald (Tánaiste)
Children and Youth Affairs: Katherine Zappone
Health: Simon Harris
Foreign Affairs and Trade: Charlie Flanagan
Education and Skills: Richard Bruton
Housing, Planning and Local Government: Simon Coveney
Communications, Climate Change and Natural Resources: Denis Naughten
Transport, Tourism and Sport: Shane Ross
Regional Development, Rural Affairs, Arts and the Gaeltacht: Heather Humphreys
Defence: Enda Kenny
Minister of State at Departments of the Taoiseach and Defence with Special Responsibility for Defence: Paul Kehoe
