Halligan Reappointed a Minster of State

The Taoiseach Leo Varadkar today appointed his Ministers of State, which included Waterford TD John Halligan who was reappointed as Minister of State for Training and Skills.

The new appointments as expected included Carlow/Kilkenny TD John Paul Phelan who was appointed Minister of State for Local Government and Electoral Reform.

The New appointments in full are:

Minister of State for Local Government and Electoral Reform - John Paul Phelan (Carlow/Kilkenny)

Minister of State for Housing and Urban Development - Damien English (Meath West)

Minister of State for Financial Services and Insurance - Michael D’Arcy  (Wexford)

Minister of State for European Affairs - Helen McEntee (Meath East)

Minister of State for Food, Forestry and Horticulture - Andrew Doyle (Wicklow)

Minister of State for Public Procurement, Open Government and e-Government - Patrick O’Donovan (Cork)

Minister of State for Community, Natural Resources and Digital Development - Seán Kyne (Galway West)

Minister of State for Mental Health and Older People - Jim Daly (West Cork)

Minister for Trade, Employment, Business, EU Single Market and Data Protection - Pat Breen (Clare)

Minister of State for the National Drug Strategy and Health Promotion - Catherine Byrne (Dublin South Central)

Minister of State for Defence - Paul Kehoe (Wexford)

Minister of State for the Diaspora and International Development - Ciarán Cannon (Galway East)

Minister of State for Equality, Immigration and Integration - David Stanton (Cork East)

Minister of State for Disability - Finian McGrath (Dublin Bay North)

Minister of State for Training and Skills - John Halligan (Independent Alliance – Waterford)

Minister of State for the OPW and Flood Relief - Kevin ‘Boxer’ Moran (Independent Alliance – Longford/Westmeath)

Minister of State for Tourism & Sport - Brendan Griffin (Kerry)

Minister of State for Higher Education - Mary Mitchell O’Connor (Dun Laoghaire/Rathdown)