Michael Ring (Mayo, Fine Gael)

I have a point of order. I have raised this before and hope I will not have to raise it again. This month I again put a number of questions on drugs to Deputy Carey, and they were transferred to the Department of Health and Children. Does the Deputy have responsibility for drugs or not? Last week I sent in a priority question on Leader and when the Order Paper appeared this morning my priority question was not on it. I want clarification. The Minister must take responsibility. If Deputy Carey does not have responsibility for drugs we had better address questions thereon to the Department of Health and Children. There is no point in my putting down the questions if they are being transferred.

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