An Independent in the same constituency will also serve as a Minister of State.
Robert Troy is to return to the Junior Ministerial ranks.
The Longford-Westmeath Fianna Fail TD - who stepped down in 2022 after failing to declare property interests - is to be appointed in the Department of Finance.
Meanwhile, fellow Longford-Westmeath rep, Independent Kevin 'Boxer' Moran, has been appointed as Minister of State at the Department of Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform with responsibility for the Office of Public Works
There is also a promotion for Niamh Smyth, while Timmy Dooley will become Junior Minister for the Marine.
For Fine Gael, Colm Brophy will become the new migration minister, while there are also promotions for Jerry Buttimer and John Cummins.
Among the new promotees for Fianna Fáil are Michael Moynihan, Jennifer Murnane O'Connor, Christopher O'Sullivan, Timmy Dooley and
Charlie McConalogue is made Minister for Sport after being demoted from the Cabinet.
After serving as Minister of State in the Department of Foreign Affairs and Finance since 2020 there is no Junior Ministerial role for Laois Deputy, Fianna Fáil's Sean Fleming.
But just four of today's nineteen appointments are women - meaning they make up just nine of the 38 Ministers appointed overall.
It means less than a quarter of Ireland's Ministers are female.
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