A Cheann Comhairle, I beg leave to announce, for the information of the Dáil:
(1) that, having informed the President that Dáil Éireann had approved my nomination of Deputies to be members of the Government, the President, on 11 February 1992, appointed them accordingly,
(2) that, on the same date, I nominated John P. Wilson to be the Tánaiste;
(3) that, on the same date, I assigned the Departments of State to the members of the Government as follows:
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Department of Defence and the Department of the Gaeltacht |
John P. Wilson |
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Department of Industry and Commerce |
Desmond J. O'Malley |
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Department of Finance |
Bertie Ahern |
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Department of Energy |
Bobby Molloy |
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Department of the Marine |
Michael J. Woods |
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Department of Justice |
Pádraig Flynn |
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Department of Education |
Séamus Brennan |
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Department of Tourism, Transport and |
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Communications |
Máire Geoghegan-Quinn |
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Department of Health |
John O'Connell |
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Department of the Environment |
Michael Smith |
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Department of Foreign Affairs |
David Andrews |
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Department of Agriculture and Food |
Joe Walsh |
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Department of Social Welfare |
Charlie McCreevy |
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Department of Labour |
Brian Cowen |
(4) that, on the same date, the President appointed Harold A. Whelehan. S.C, as Attorney General;
(5) that, on the same date, the Government appointed the following Deputies to be Ministers of State with the responsibilities as indicated:
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Noel Dempsey |
Minister of State at the Department of the Taoiseach, (with special responsibility as Government Chief Whip); |
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and Mary Harney |
Minister of State at the Department of the Environment, (with special responsibility for the office for the Protection of the Environment); |
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and |
(6) that, today, the Government appointed the following Deputies to be Ministers of State with the responsibilities as indicated:
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Mary O'Rourke |
Minister of State at the Department of Industry and Commerce, (with special responsibility for Trade and Marketing); |
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Brendan Daly |
Minister of State at the Department of Foreign Affairs; |
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Pat the Cope Gallagher |
Minister of State at the Department of the Gaeltacht and at the Department of the Marine; |
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Noel Treacy |
Minister of State at the Department of Finance, (with special responsibility for the Office of Public Works and the Central Development Committee); |
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Chris Flood |
Minister of State at the Department of Health; |
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Liam Aylward |
Minister of State at the Department of Education, (with special responsibility for sport); |
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Liam Hyland |
Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture |
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and Food, (with special responsibility for rural enterprise); |
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Michael Ahern |
Minister of State at the Department of Industry and Commerce, (with special responsibility for science and technology); |
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Willie O'Dea |
Minister of State at the Department of Justice; |
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Dan Wallace |
Minister of State at the Department of the Environment; |
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John Browne |
Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture and Food, (with special responsibility for the Food Industry); |
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Tom Kitt |
Minister of State at the Department of the Taoiseach, (with special responsibility for arts and culture, women's affairs and European affairs); |
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and |
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Brendan Kenneally |
Minister of State at the Department of Tourism, Transport and Communications. |