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Enda's Dream Team Announced

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02:32 11 Jul 2014


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The Taoiseach's announced the Cabinet reshuffle with five new faces in Government.

Enda Kenny and Joan Burton have also appointed a new super junior post of Minister for Business and Employment.

It's out for Jimmy Deenihan, Phil Hogan, Eamon Gilmore, Pat Rabitte and Ruairi Quinn.

Enda Kenny's promoted Paschal Donohoe to Cabinet to Transport, Tourism and Sport after a short stint as a junior Minister and in a bigger surprise is bringing first time TD Heather Humphries into the Government as Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht.

 Leo Varadkar will move to Health, with the Department of Children becoming the new home for James Reilly who will take over from Charlie Flanagan who's only been in the job for a short time.

The Laois Offaly TD moves to Foreign Affairs and Trade.

Richard Bruton has held on in Jobs, as has Simon Coveney in Agriculture who also gets the Defence portfolio.

In Labour Alan Kelly goes to Environment, Jan O'Sullivan goes to Education and Alex White to Communications, Energy and Natural Resources.

Ged Nash also becomes the super junior in the Department of Jobs with the title Minister for Business and Employment.

Its also been confirmed that Phil Hogan will be Ireland's nominee to the European Commission.

New Look Line-up

Health - Leo Varadkar

Education - Jan O'Sullivan

Foreign Affairs - Charlie Flanagan

Children - James Reilly

Environment - Alan Kelly

Communications - Alex White

Arts - Heather Humphries

New EU Commissioner - Phil Hogan

Transport, Tourism and Sport - Pascal Donoghue

SAME:

Finance - Michael Noonan

Public Expenditure and Reform - Brendan Howlin

Jobs - Richard Bruton

Agriculture - Simon Coveney - Defence added

Social Protection - Joan Burton

Justice - Francis Fitzgerald


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