Michael McGrath will be Ireland’s nominee for the European Commission with Jack Chambers set to take over as finance minister.
The nomination of Mr McGrath by Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin was discussed at meeting of the three Government coalition leaders on Monday evening.
Mr McGrath will succeed Fine Gael-nominated commissioner Mairead McGuinness.
Simon Harris said that Mr McGrath was “a nominee for Ireland”. He said that Mr McGrath had been “trained by the people of Carrigaline and his standards are of the highest level”.
Speaking before the Cabinet meeting on Tuesday, Mr Harris…