Nominations for the Green Party leadership contest are due to open at 9am and will close at 9pm on Monday.
Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth Roderic O’Gorman and Minister of State Pippa Hackett have declared that they will run for the leadership.
It followed the announcement on Tuesday by Eamon Ryan that he is to step down as leader of the Green Party.
The Green Party’s executive finalised the details of this election last night.
The new leader will be announced on 8 July, with the Dáil recess commencing later that week.
The Green Party said it will send its members information about the deputy leadership election in the coming days as the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media Catherine Martin is standing down from her position.
Amid the flurry of activity within the smallest Government party, Taoiseach Simon Harris urged his party’s TDs, Senators and MEPs to push back hard against talk of an early general election.
