Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I beg leave to announce, for the information of the Dáil, that having informed the President that Dáil Éireann had approved my nomination of Deputies to be members of the Government, the President, on 14 June 2017, appointed them accordingly; that, on the same date, I nominated Deputy Francis Fitzgerald to be the Tánaiste and assigned the Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation to her; that, on the same date, I assigned the Department of Defence to myself and the other Departments of State to the other members of the Government as follows: the Department of Finance and the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform to Deputy Paschal Donohoe; the Department of Education and Skills to Deputy Richard Bruton; the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade to Deputy Simon Coveney; the Department of Justice and Equality to Deputy Charles Flanagan; the Department of Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs to Deputy Heather Humphreys; the Department of Health to Deputy Simon Harris; the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine to Deputy Michael Creed; the Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment to Deputy Denis Naughten; the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport to Deputy Shane Norris - my apologies, it is Deputy Shane Ross-----

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