A Cheann Comhairle, I beg leave to state, for the information of the Dáil:
(1) that, having informed the President of the fact that Dáil Éireann approved my nominations of Deputies to be members of the Government, the President, on the 24th instant, appointed them accordingly;
(2) that, on the same date, I nominated Seán MacEntee to be the Tanaiste;
(3) that, on the same date, I assigned the Departments of State to the members of the Government as follows:-
The Department of Health and the Department of Social Welfare— Seán MacEntee.
The Department of Finance-James Ryan.
The Department of External Affairs -Frank Aiken.
The Department of Justice-Oscar Traynor.
The Department of Agriculture-Patrick Smith.
The Department of Lands-Erskine H. Childers.
The Department of Industry and Commerce-John Lynch.
The Department of Local Government-Neil T. Blaney.
The Department of Defence-Kevin Boland.
The Department of the Gaeltacht-Michael Moran.
The Department of Posts and Telegraphs-Michael Hilliard, and
The Department of Education-Patrick J. Hillery, and
(4) that, on the same date, the Government appointed the following Deputies to be Parliamentary Secretaries as follows :—
Donnchadh Ó Briain-Parliamentary Secretary to the Taoiseach and to the Minister for Defence.
Michael Joseph Kennedy-Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Social Welfare, and
Gerald Bartley-Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Finance.