The Greens will have three full cabinet ministries, and also a “super junior” , a junior minister who does not have responsibility for a full government department but who sits at the cabinet table. The Greens are expected to have four junior ministers, including the super junior at cabinet. The two parties will have six cabinet members each, plus one super-junior each, and seven other junior ministers, it is expected. Paschal Donohoe’s nomination to be the head of the Eurogroup council of finance ministers suggests that he will remain in the Department of Finance. Other party sources say that Hildegard Naughten, the Galway West TD who was part of the negotiating team, has a strong case for inclusion and she will be helped by both gender and geography.

Source: The Irish Times June 26, 2020 00:00 UTC