The new Agriculture Minister will be named in the next hour.
It comes after Barry Cowen was sacked from the job by Taoiseach Micheál Martin last night.
He was removed just 17 days into his tenure after refusing to give further public statements on his 2016 drink driving offence.
Dara Calleary is expected to replace Mr Cowen - with Anne Rabbitte and Charlie McConalogue also potential promotions.
Fianna Fail Housing Minister Darragh O'Brien has said Mr Cowen has paid the price for his offence:
