I am pleased to announce for the information of the Dáil,
(1) that, having informed the President of the fact that Dáil Éireann approved my nomination of Deputies to be members of the Government, the President, on 30 June 1981, appointed them accordingly;
(2) that, on the same date, I nominated Michael O'Leary to be the Tánaiste;
(3) that, on the same date, I assigned the Department of State to the members of the Government as follows:
Department of Energy — Michael O'Leary.
Department of the Environment — Peter Barry.
Department of Defence — James Tully.
Department of Fisheries and Forestry — Tom Fitzpatric.
Department of Health and the Department of Social Welfare — Eileen Desmond.
Department of Finance — John Bruton.
Department of Labour and the Department of the Public Service — Liam Kavanagh.
Department of Transport and the Department of Posts and Telegraphs — Patrick Mark Cooney.
Department of Industry, Commerce and Tourism and the Department of Foreign Affairs — John Kelly.
Department of Education — John Boland.
Department of the Gaeltacht — Paddy O'Toole.
Department of Justice — Jim Mitchell.
Department of Agriculture — Alan Dukes;
(4), that, on the same date, the Government appointed the following Deputies to be Ministers of State as follows:
Gerald L'Estrange — Minister of State at the Department of the Taoiseach and at the Department of Defence.
Michael Begley — Minister of State at the Department of Industry, Commerce and Tourism.
Joseph Bermingham — Minister of State at the Department of Finance.
Edward Collins — Minister of State at the Department of Energy.
Donal Creed — Minister of State at the Department of Health.
Michael J. D'Arcy — Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture.
Barry Desmond — Minister of State at the Department of Finance.
Mary Flaherty — Minister of State at the Department of Social Welfare.
Michael Keating — Minister of State at the Department of Education.
Ted Nealon — Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture.
Fergus O'Brien — Minister of State at the Department of The Environment.
Jim O'Keeffe — Minister of State at the Department of Foreign Affairs.
Dick Spring — Minister of State at the Department of Justice.
and
(5) that, on the same date, the President appointed Peter D. Sutherland, S.C., to be Attorney General.
