If passed, un-elected ministers would have to be replaced in a cartaker government.
A bill requiring un-elected ministers and junior ministers in a caretaker government to be replaced reaches its second stage in the Dáil today.
The bill, proposed by Aontu leader Meath-West Peader Tóibín, passed its first stage in the Dáil last week
The bill comes in the wake of last February's general election in which no party won a majority and left Ireland without an elected government for an unprecedented 140 days.
The Aontú leader said that for that period, Ireland had a taoiseach with no mandate, a cabinet with unelected ministers, a legislature that could not legislate and a newly elected Dáil with very little ability to scrutinise or hold to account.
The Aontú bill proposes that six weeks after a general election has elapsed, a taoiseach, must with the approval of the Dáil, nominate the successors of those ministers who have ceased to be members of the Oireachtas.
Puska Brother Attacked In Prison
Enterprise Department Confirms Over 80 Westmeath Jobs At Risk
Offaly Teacher Pays Tribute To Colleagues After Winning STEM Award
Asthma Society of Ireland Hold Workshop In Laois This Weekend
Laois TD Calls For Shorter Ambulance Deployment Distance
Uisce Eireann Publish Shannon Pipeline Consultation Submissions Report
70% Of Farming Families Lack Succession Plan
Mental Health Charity Triple Counselling Sessions After Citywest Protests
Westmeath Library To Close For Three Months From Today
Drug Usage On The Rise In The Midlands
Shannon Callows Farmers Demand Inclusion In Flood Management Group
Offaly Teachers Win National STEM Award
Appeal Lodged Against 600 Acre Laois Solar Farm Project
Government Funding To Benefit Midlands Historical Structures
Former GAA Referee Pleads Guilty To Indecent Assault
Laois TD Warns EU Plans Threaten Irish Neutrality
Almost One Million Cigarettes Seized In Offaly
Management Can Easily End Industrial Action - SIPTU
Westmeath Credit Union Manager Wins Lifetime Achievement Award