The process: How Taoiseach's office will change hands this week

Leo Varadkar will inform President Michael D Higgins that he intends to resign the office of Taoiseach. If Simon Harris is nominated by the Dáil on Tuesday, he will go to Áras an Uachtaráin where he will be appointed Taoiseach. Picture: iStock

Simon Harris will become Taoiseach and announce his cabinet on Tuesday, but junior ministerial hopefuls will have to wait until Wednesday to learn their fate.

What happens first?