The new Cabinet have received their seals of approval at Áras an Uachtaráin and the first Cabinet meeting has been held.
The 15-member team includes many familiar faces but also five TDs who have never before held senior ministry roles.
The lack of gender balance has been pointed to by members of the opposition and further afield, while providing a regional balance has also proved a challenge.
RTÉ Politics Correspondent Paul Cunningham takes a look at five takeaways from the new Cabinet selection.
1. Newbies
Of the 15 senior ministerial positions in the Cabinet, five are being held by first-timers: Justice - Jim O'Callaghan; Housing - James Browne; Health - Jennifer Carroll MacNeil; Further and Higher Education - James Lawless; and Agriculture - Martin Hayden.
While a seasoned and experienced politician, Dara Calleary was Minister for Agriculture for just five weeks in 2020.
Minister for Enterprise Peter Burke has been a full minister for ten months.
Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael will say this shows renewal at the heart of Government - new people with a new focus.
The question will be whether they can get to grips with their department speedily, or could inexperience limit their ability to make an impact on their brief.
2. Demotion
The only person to be demoted was Fianna Fáil's Donegal TD Charlie McConalogue.
He was Minister for Agriculture for most of the last coalition government and the speculation, in recent weeks, had been that Deputy McConalogue would be moved to the Higher and Further Education brief.
In the end, Taoiseach Micheál Martin decided that he would not retain Charlie McConalogue at the Cabinet table.
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He may be offered a junior ministry.
Whether he would want the job is unclear.
Apart from the demotion being a personal blow, it is also a hit for Donegal which often feels that it is far removed from the centre of power and now no longer has ministerial influence.
3. Sideways
Minister for Enterprise Peter Burke is the only person to remain in the Cabinet post he had before the General Election was called.
For the other eight existing Ministers, it is time for a significant change.
Darragh O'Brien moves from the white-hot issue of Housing to Transport, Energy and Climate Action.
As expected, Paschal Donohoe and Jack Chambers swap portfolios, the former moving to Finance and the latter shifting to Public Expenditure and Infrastructure.
Norma Foley had been expected to move to Social Protection but will now go to the reduced in size department of Children, Disability and Equality.
Patrick O'Donovan moves to a massive department with five responsibilities: Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport.
The Fine Gael deputy leader, Helen McEntee, takes over at Education and Youth.
Tánaiste Simon Harris has a beefed-up department with Trade being added to Foreign Affairs and Defence - at a time when dark economic clouds appear to be gathering.
4. Gender
Of the 15 strong Cabinet, 12 senior Ministers are men and just three are women.
In the last cabinet, there were four women.
Far from moving towards equality, it has gone into reverse.
The women at this Cabinet will be Helen McEntee, Norma Foley and Jennifer Carroll MacNeill.
The Government will point to the fact that the Fianna Fáil Waterford TD is Mary Butler is Chief Whip.
A Fine Gael Junior Minister also attending Cabinet is Hildegarde Naughton.
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However, decreasing female representation has drawn opposition criticism.
Solidarity deputy Ruth Coppinger said: "Women are an endangered species in this government."
While Social Democrats TD Jennifer Whitmore said Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael "pay lip service to increasing women's representation in politics."
"They have reverted to type - creating a cosy boys' club," Ms Whitmore added.
5. Geography
Ensuring there is a regional balance in Cabinet selection is always difficult.
This Cabinet is clearly weighted to the east of the country.
The Government will point to Dara Calleary in Mayo; Patrick O'Donovan in Limerick; and Norma Foley in Kerry.
They will also note their super junior ranks include westies like Hildegarde Naughton, Seán Canney and Noel Grealish.
Opposition parties will dismiss such comments and say the unvarnished truth is that only three of 15 senior ministers hail from the west.
Peadar Tóibín of Aontú claimed this is "an east coast Government".
He told Micheál Martin in the Dáil: "The west is certainly not awake in your Government today."
