The full line up of Junior Ministers in this Government will be revealed later. Cabinet is set to meet to appoint a record number of Ministers of State, and discuss the damage from Storm Eowyn.
Seán Defoe reports: "Very few, if any, outgoing Junior Ministers are to be dropped from their roles so the focus is on promotions. Usually the jobs don't go to first time TDs but with so many new faces across Fine Gael in particular that rule is set to be broken.
John Cummins, Emer Currie and Catherine Callaghan are among the hopefuls in Fine Gael. While Niamh Smyth, Timmy Dooley, Paul McAuliffe, Michael Moynihan and Jennifer Murnane O'Connor are in contention in Fianna Fáil."
Meanwhile, Voting closes and counting gets underway in part of the Seanad elections today. Postal voting for the NUI and Trinity College panels will close at 11am. Graduates of those institutions have been voting to elect six Senators.
Among those in contention are former Minister Katherine Zappone, outgoing Green Party Minister Ossian Smyth, Lynn Ruane and former lord mayor of Dublin Hazel Chu.
