Róisín Shortall (Dublin North West, Labour)

Will the proposed name changes for the Departments require legislation? What will be the statutory basis for the name changes? There is also concern about the decision to abolish the position of Minister of State with responsibility for the drugs strategy. There is a lot of concern that this would signal a lowering of priority for the drugs issue. Given that the office of the Minister with responsibility for drugs was established within the last two years, what now will happen to it?

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