'I want to be first female taoiseach,' says Fine Gael's Jennifer Carroll MacNeill

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill is minister of State for European affairs

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill has hit out at the lack of women in key cabinet positions. Picture: Robbie Reynolds

Junior minister Jennifer Carroll MacNeill has openly admitted her ambition to become the first female taoiseach.

The Fine Gael politician had been among those rumoured to be interested in running to take over her party after Leo Varadkar's shock resignation in March.