The Rural Affairs Minister has insisted there's a good regional spread in the new cabinet.
There's been criticism that nine of the fifteen ministers are from Dublin and neighbouring counties Meath and Wicklow.
While no one's been appointed to any of the top jobs from the south east, north west or Connacht.
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Fianna Fail's Dara Calleary from Mayo and Fine Gael's Hildegarde Naughton from Galway will sit at cabinet, but won't have votes.
Minister Heather Humphreys doesn't think parts of the country will be under-represented:
