Pursuant to my nomination, which has been assented to by the Dáil, His Excellency the Governor-General has appointed the following Deputies to be Ministers and to be members of the Executive Council:—
Deputy Ernest Blythe, Vice-President, in charge of the Department of Finance and the Department of Posts and Telegraphs.
Deputy Desmond Fitzgerald, in charge of the Department of Defence.
Deputy J.M. O'Sullivan, in charge of the Department of Education.
Deputy Patrick McGilligan, in charge of Department of External Affairs and the Department of Industry and Commerce.
Deputy Patrick Hogan (Galway) in charge of the Department of Lands and Agriculture.
Deputy Finian Lynch, in charge of the Department of Fisheries.
Deputy Richard Mulcahy, in charge of the Department of Local Government and Public Health.
Deputy James Fitzgerald-Kenney, in charge of the Department of Justice.
The Dáil adjourned at 8.30 p.m. until Thursday, 20th October, at 3 p.m.