Tánaiste Simon Harris is set to become the Finance Minister in the wake of Paschal Donohoe’s resignation.
On Tuesday morning, Harris’ Fine Gael party colleague Donohoe announced that he would be abandoning his job as a Cabinet Minister, a TD, and head of the Eurogroup, in order to take up a senior job at the World Bank in Washington DC.
Harris will now be leaving his role as Minister for Foreign Affairs and Defence to take Donohoe’s place as Finance Minister.
In turn, Helen McEntee, who currently serves as Education Minister, will take over as Minister for Foreign Affairs and Defence.
In a social media post, Fine Gael celebrated McEntee’s appointment, congratulating her on the new job.
Notably, McEntee previously served as Minister of State for European affairs.
Additionally, Fine Gael TD Hildegarde Naughton, who serves as Minister for Disability attending Cabinet, has been appointed Minister for Education and Youth.
Emer Higgins TD, who serves as Minister of State at the Department of Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform, is now being appointed Minister of State with responsibility for Disability.
Meanwhile, Frank Feighan TD has been appointed Minister of State with responsibility for Public Procurement, Digitalisation and eGovernment.