Rabbitte lobbying for refugee role as Varadkar and Martin prepare for job switch

Discussions on December's Cabinet reshuffle — which will see Micheál Martin and Leo Varadkar switch positions — are due to get underway in the coming days. Picture: David Fitzgerald/Sportsfile

A Fianna Fáil minister is actively lobbying to be moved in the upcoming reshuffle to assist Children's Minister Roderic O'Gorman with the refugee accommodation crisis.

Discussions on December's Cabinet reshuffle — which will see Micheál Martin and Leo Varadkar switch positions — are due to get underway in the coming days.