Mairead McGuinness and Andrew McDowell are set to be put forward by the government for the vacant position of EU Commissioner.
Ms McGuinness has been the vice president of the European Parliament since 2017, while Andrew McDowell is the current vice president of the European Investment Bank.
Minister for Foreign Affairs Simon Coveney will not be one of the Government’s nominees for the role of European Commissioner.
According to the Irish Times, the Cabinet held a meeting before lunch on Friday where the names of the two nominees were discussed by Ministers.
The Government is set to submit the names of two candidates to replace Phil Hogan to the European Commission on Friday.
Mr Hogan resigned as Ireland’s EU commissioner after controversy over his attendance at an Oireachtas golf dinner in Clifden, Co Galway and his movements in the country during his visit to Ireland.
President of the European Commission Ursula Von der Leyen asked Ireland to submit the names of a woman and a man, in accordance with her priority of pursuing gender balance in the commission.
