John Lahart (Dublin South West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

These sections are particularly important because they reinforce what the Minister of State is saying and what the intention of Government seems to be in relation to the transfer of powers and functions. It is that the Minister for Health legally cannot act in any of these areas concerning disability without consulting with the Minister of State with responsibility for disability stuff. It is a real transfer. There are a number of examples in the sections we are going through that clearly illustrate that transfer of functions to the Minister of State.