Only a quarter of the Junior Ministers appointed to the Government are women. 

Today, Micheál Martin announced the names of 19 TDs who will serve as Junior Ministers - of whom four are women.

Among the new promotees for Fianna Fáil are Michael Moynihan, Jennifer Murnane O'Connor, Christopher O'Sullivan, Timmy Dooley and Niamh Smyth.

While in Fine Gael, Jerry Buttimer and John Cummins take office for the first time and Colm Brophy becomes a Minister once again.

Newly appointed Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine Michael Healy-Rae TD. Picture by: Justin Farrelly / © RollingNews.ie

Charlie McConalogue, who was dropped from the Cabinet last week, has been made Minister for Sport.

Robert Troy also returns as a Junior Minister, having resigned over amid controversy over his property holdings during the last Government.

Fine Gael's Colm Burke has been dropped from his role as a Minister of State, as has 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.

Main image: Micheál Martin with Government Ministers. Picture by: Justin Farrelly / © RollingNews.ie