Who will be joining & leaving cabinet with the Taoiseach swap on 15/12?

Ballycommon Mast · 24-02-2022 2:46pm #1

One thing that's handy for the leaders of this little arrangement is that when Micheal Martin resigns on December 15, the whole cabinet will be deemed to be resigned too, so they'll be no messing around having to ask individual ministers to write a resignation letter, I think Stephen Donnelly definitely wouldn't be reappointed, he's the Eoghan Murphy/Joan Burton/Dick Roach of this government, hated by everyone.

Faugheen · 24-02-2022 3:58pm

My only prediction will be MM to Foreign Affairs and Coveney to Education.

EDIT: Actually, I can also see Hildegarde Naughton and Jack Chambers being promoted to the top table. Probably at the expense of Donnelly and Norma Foley.

votecounts · 24-02-2022 4:08pm

You'd imagine Dara Calleary will be back in some capacity.

howiya · 24-02-2022 4:08pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118686274#Comment_118686274

The party leaders will still control the amount of cabinet seats each party has so you won't see Naughton and Chambers replace two FF ministers. It'd have to be one of each.

I think the reshuffle will be quite limited. A lot of people will cite the lost years of the pandemic as having prevented them doing more in their respective briefs. Certainly in the high profile departments such as housing. Imagine if we'd another housing minister and another plan etc...

Kermit.de.frog · 24-02-2022 8:19pm

Eamonn Ryan hopefully. At least get him out of transport. Absolutely useless.

L1011 · 24-02-2022 8:26pm

Calleary back is the absolute definite. McConnalogue will probably be kept due to the geography, albeit I suspect he's sunk for re-election anyway over the mica stuff; so an FFer will have to be pushed overboard. Foley or Donnelly.

There is an extremely outside chance that Martin would actually leave cabinet entirely and allow for a leadership election etc as I suspect his will to lead in to the next election is diminishing.

Annasopra · 24-02-2022 8:27pm

Hard to see many changes to be honest - I'd say Anne Rabbitte could get a promotion maybe to Education or Health. I'm not sure though if it will be Varadkar. I half suspect he'll be dethroned and it becomes a fight between Paschal Donohoe, Simon Harris and Helen McEntee for Taoiseach.

billyhead · 24-02-2022 8:27pm

Heather Humphreys will probably get a better Department.

Kermit.de.frog · 24-02-2022 8:39pm

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Brucie Bonus · 24-02-2022 9:50pm

I think having the first Taoiseach under criminal investigation being from 'the law and order party' will be quite humorous.

Do we think Barry Cowen will get an all is forgiven top spot?

Annasopra · 24-02-2022 10:25pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118688175#Comment_118688175

Nope

L1011 · 24-02-2022 10:31pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118688175#Comment_118688175

Cowen is not in an all-is-forgiven position. Calleary is.

Calleary resigning unprompted - or at least publicly unprompted - ensured he could come back. The court outcome has accelerated that process. Cowen was sacked due to refusing to resign after a leak of something the party leader should have known about. Massively different.

Calleary could still, possibly, be the next leader of FF. Cowen is backbench for life now

Brucie Bonus · 24-02-2022 10:34pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118688449#Comment_118688449

Agree on Calleary to a point, but he still attended during lockdown. Not so sure about Cowen. I think Martin will fade away during, if not soon after Varadkar's go. Could open up the field for Cowen to get back up there.

L1011 · 24-02-2022 10:41pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118688474#Comment_118688474

Calleary could have done far worse and be redeemed by having resigned on his own terms. Being sacked usually stops that forever.

Phil Hogan even recovered by resigning. Once. Won't happen again.

Who will be joining & leaving cabinet with the Taoiseach swap on 15/12?

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