Bertie Ahern (Dublin Central, Fianna Fail)

My Department has no proposals in that regard, although I changed roles and responsibilities at the last change of Government. I do not want to discuss this matter in detail as it is outside the scope of the question but, with regard to the responsibilities of other Ministers of State, from time to time we consider it appropriate to switch around or change ministerial functions, as was recently done in regard to some areas of transport. However, while we regularly do this, there have been no changes to the responsibilities of my colleagues.

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