Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I am not even criticising it; I just note it. The emails were flying to and fro on that between all the special advisers of all parties so let us not pretend that this is something new. Ministers of State either mean something or they do not mean. In my view, they mean something in terms of the policy areas that are under their responsibility. The Minister of State with responsibility for disability will transfer to the Department of Justice and Equality. That is a substantive Minister of State portfolio because all of the relevant areas in health to do with disability are being delegated to that Minister of State.

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