| FLANAGAN | Who is the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade? (8) |
| ASHTON | Baroness ___, the EU's first High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy |
| GILMORE | Who was appointed Tanaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs when Enda Kenny became Taoiseach in 2011? (7) |
| QUAIDORSAY | The French Ministry of Foreign Affairs and its Left Bank Paris location (4,1'5) |
| BUDGETED | What the minister for finance did in retrospect put off, for the most part, great person living in The East (8) |
| HUMPHREYS | Who is the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht? (9) |
| COVENEY | Who is the Minister for Agriculture, Food, the Marine and Defence? (7) |
| HEYDON | Who is the Minister for Agriculture, Food, Fisheries and the Marine? (6) |
| BRENDANHOWLIN | Who is the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform? (7,6) |
| KELLY | Who is the Minister for the Environment? (5) |
| OGORMAN | Who is the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth? (7) |
| BROWNE | Who is the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage? (6) |
| NAMWAMBA | Chief Administrative Secretary for Foreign Affairs (8) |
| THOMPSON | Kate ___, author of novels The O'Hara Affair and The Blue Hour (8) |
| TROLLOPE | Author of novels including The Choir, A Village Affair and The Rector's Wife (8) |
| BUDGETSPEECH | Shift to Right is final - talk is, the Minister for Finance is responsible for it (6,6) |
| INDUSTRY | Branch of manufacture and trade (8) |
| ECONOMIC | Concerned with money and trade (8) |
| RING | Who is the Minister of State for Tourism and Sport? (4) |
| MCENTEE | Who is the Minister of State for Mental Health and Older People? (7) |
