New Cabinet announced by Taoiseach Micheál Martin

New Taoiseach Micheál Martin has announced his new cabinet.

He said: "Each member of the new government will have responsibility for a distinct programme of action, but each will also be required to actively contribute to the government’s core priorities.

"A whole-of-government approach, taking key issues out of departmental silos and delivering action on multiple fronts at once, will be a defining characteristic of the government’s work. In a number of priority areas a series of new coordination mechanisms will be put in place which will be led from the Taoiseach’s office.

The new Minister are as follows:

• Deputy Simon Harris as Tánaiste, Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Minister for Defence.
• Deputy Paschal Donohoe as Minister for Finance.
• Deputy Jack Chambers as Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation.
• Deputy Helen McEntee as Minister for Education and Youth.
• Deputy Darragh O’Brien as Minister for Climate, Environment and Energy and Minister for Transport.
• Deputy Norma Foley as Minister for Children, Disability and Equality.
• Deputy Peter Burke as Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment.
• Deputy Dara Calleary as Minister for Social Protection and Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht.
• Deputy Patrick O’Donovan as Minister for Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport.
• Deputy Jennifer Carroll McNeill as Minister for Health.
• Deputy James Browne as Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage.
• Deputy Jim O’Callaghan as Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration.
• Deputy Martin Heydon as Minister for Agriculture, Food, Fisheries and the Marine.
• Deputy James Lawless as Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science.
• Rossa Fanning SC as Attorney General to the Government.
• Deputy Mary Butler as Government Chief Whip and Minister of State attending cabinet with responsibility for Mental Health.
• Deputy Hildegarde Naughton as Minister of State attending cabinet with responsibility for Disability.
• Deputy Noel Grealish as Minister of State attending cabinet with responsibility for Food Promotion, New Markets, Research and Development.
• Deputy Sean Canney as Minister of State attending cabinet with responsibility for International and Road Transport, Logistics, Rail and Ports.