More than 25% of ministerial portfolios allocated to women

The percentage of women appointed to senior Cabinet roles remains the same as the previous government at 27 per cent, however the percentage of women holding junior ministerial roles has increased from 16 per cent to 25 per cent. There is one additional Minister of State role in the current Cabinet bringing the number of Cabinet members to 35.do not have a Cabinet vote.The new Cabinet is younger than the outgoing Cabinet and has no members currently over 60.

While the oldest member of the last cabinet, the then minister for transport, was 70, the oldest member of the new Cabinet is Taoiseach Micheál Martin who is 59, and will turn 60 in August. The last cabinet had 35 per cent of its minsters over the age of 60, however over half of the current Cabinet is aged between 40-59 while almost one fifth are under the age of 40, compared to 12 per cent of the previous cabinet.

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