Regina Doherty appointed Government Chief Whip
Meath East TD Regina Doherty has been appointed Minister of State at the Department of Taoiseach and Government Chief Whip.
The Fine Gael TD has lived in Ratoath for over 20 years with her husband and their four children. Before getting elected to Dail Eireann in 2011, she worked in the IT sector and later was elected as a Meath county councillor.
Deputy Doherty was a member of the Joint Oireachtas Committee for Health and Children and the Joint Oireachtas Committee for Finance and Public Expenditure.
Over the course of the last Dail, Deputy Doherty was a very capable media performer often sent out to represent the party and government on difficult issues. She was the subject of death threats last year following a heated debate with Sinn Fein leader, Gerry Adams, on local radio station, LMFM.
Former Skryne national school principal, Mary Mitchell O'Connor, has been appointed Minister for Jobs. She was elected as a TD for the Dún Laoghaire constituency at the 2011 general election. She was a Progressive Democrats county councillor before joining Fine Gael in 2007.
Dunboyne native and former Meath county councillor, Richard Bruton, becomes Minister for Education and Skills.
The new cabinet
Enda Kenny - Taoiseach and Minister for Defence
Frances Fitzgerald - Tánaiste and Minister for Justice
Michael Noonan - Minister for Finance
Simon Harris - Minister for Health
Katherine Zappone - Minister for Children
Simon Coveney - Minister for Housing
Shane Ross – Minister for Transport
Michael Creed – Minister for Agriculture
Leo Varadkar - Minister for Social Protection
Paschal Donohoe - Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform
Mary Mitchell O'Connor - Minister for Jobs
Charlie Flanagan - Minister for Foreign Affairs
Richard Bruton - Minister for Education & Skills
Denis Naughten - Minister for Communications
Heather Humphreys - Regional Development, Rural Affairs and Arts and Culture
Paul Kehoe - Minister of State with Special Responsibility for Defence
Finian McGrath - Super Junior who will attend Cabinet and have special responsibility for disability