On a personal level, I wish Paschal Donohoe very well. Paschal Donohoe has always been a personable, friendly and amiable character in here. In the handful of times where I saw that approach change, it was clear that he was under serious pressure for serious reasons as well. There is no doubt that the particular roles Paschal has held have been tough jobs that have taken a lot of his time and effort. I wish him luck with this. There is probably nobody happier in the House at the moment than Simon Harris. When he heard the news, he probably let out a sigh of relief that his erstwhile challenger to the leadership of Fine Gael has now left and there is no obvious challenger at this moment in time in Fine Gael.

Sentiment score: 0.37

It is important to remember this in terms of a critique: Paschal has always a communicated an air of fiscal responsibility and rectitude but the truth is radically different. There is absolutely no doubt that while in position, this Government became synonymous with waste and rip-off politics. From the national children's hospital to the bike shed, the Government has incinerated taxpayers' money on an industrial scale. In terms of the spending of taxpayers' money, it was a free for all. There were dozens of projects way out of line. Nobody enforced accountability, unfortunately, during that time. In terms of costs for families, €1.9 billion in motor tax and VRT was collected last year. There was €4.1 billion collected in fuel taxes last year. Tolls were jacked up. Electric Ireland made super-normal profits, all the while nearly half a million families are in fuel poverty of some sort. It is also clear that this particular announcement was a shock to the Government because the reshuffle is a dog's dinner. Usually in reshuffles, you remove Ministers who are not performing and there are many Ministers not performing here. The Minister, Deputy James Browne, is a Minister for housing in reverse at the moment. The Tánaiste has surfed through a number of different Departments from higher education to health, justice and foreign affairs.

Sentiment score: 0.03

His record in health includes the explosion of costs of the national children's hospital, the shocking collapse of CHI and the CervicalCheck scandal as well. In justice, he saw Garda numbers and morale fall to the floor. In his brief time - six months - in justice, he actually saw the immigration crisis go from bad to worse. The number of deportation orders overturned during his time increased massively.

Sentiment score: -0.18

For the Minister who could not count Covid cases, he is now in charge of the Department of Finance. Instead of accountability, we see promotion under this Government. In fairness to the Tánaiste, he was only in justice for six months. Incredibly, Helen McEntee was in that Department for far longer. We now have the Minister who, after the Dublin riots, walked while flanked by gardaí and said this city is safe.

Sentiment score: 0.08

She is now in charge of the safety of the skies, the seas and everything below it.

Sentiment score: 0.42

This is a jaded Government, a tired Government and it is time for it to go.

Sentiment score: -0.67