Coughlan to Education & Skills (including Training element of FAS); O'Cuiv to Dept of Social Protection; Hanafin to Tourism, Culture & Sport; O'Keeffe to Enterprise, Trade & Innovation (including 3rd level research funding); Carey to Community, Equality & Gaeltacht (including disability) and Killeen to Defence.
That's as far as I picked it up on first hearing - don't take it as gospel just yet but its there or thereabouts.
Sean Connick - FF TD for Wexford is to get a Junior Ministry although I didn't hear what yet to keep the 'geographical' balance I guess. Sean is a good guy and well informed. He should be good and I wish him well. Pity there is no-one in the City who was thought fit for a Junior Ministry and this does not augur well for the future - as the situation with opposition parties is similar on that front unfortunately.
So! What does it mean for Waterford? Well, we have the Minister for a University in eemmmmmm...... Letterkenny in Education now.
I'm also assuming that Minister Coughlan hasn't changed her opinion since last May when she argued on a visit to the City that despite her officials in the IDA advising her that a University was required in Waterford she "didn't necessarily agree with them".
One assumes that this is a demotion in a manner of speaking for Mary - without it wanting to be seen as such - after all education is not one of the 'economic' ministries. So, someone who didn't do a great job in her last posting has now been rewarded with Education? Ho hum. Says it all really.
As to the rest? Killeen...who? Carey.....quiet! The rest is just musical chairs. Incidentally Dempsey is still in Transport so there's no silver lining for the Search & Rescue service either.
I'd call for a General Election but really....what's the point.
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