asked the Taoiseach if any Minister or Minister of State continues to be a member of a local authority; if so, who; and if he has requested them to relinquish membership.
Written Answers. - Ministers of State Local Authority Membership.
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No member of the Government is a member of a local authority. The following Ministers of State continue to be members of local authorities at the present time:—
Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Mr. Paddy Hegarty; Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Mr. Paul Connaughton; Minister of State at the Department of Finance, Mr. Joe Bermingham; Minister of State at the Department of Transport and at the Department of Posts and Telegraphs, Mr. John Donnellan; Minister of State at the Department of Trade, Commerce and Tourism, Mr. Michael Moynihan; Minister of State at the Department of Health and at the Department of Social Welfare, Mr. Fergus O'Brien; Minister of State at the Department of Education, Mr. Donal Creed; Minister of State at the Department of Fisheries and Forestry and at the Department of the Gaeltacht, Mr. Michael D'Arcy.
On the appointment of Ministers and Ministers of State, they were advised of the practice normally followed by Governments in recent years.