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

I propose to take Questions 5 to 9, inclusive, and 35 together.

The Government has established ten Cabinet committees in the following areas: Brexit and Northern Ireland; children and education; economy and investment; environment and climate change; EU and international affairs; Government co-ordination; health; housing; humanitarian response to Ukraine; and social affairs and public services. I am a member of all the committees along with the Tánaiste and the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications. In addition to the membership of the committees, other Ministers and Ministers of State may attend meetings as required.

The Government co-ordination committee has met twice since the formation of the new Government and is scheduled to meet again on 13 February. The Cabinet committee on housing met on 30 January and the committee on humanitarian response to Ukraine met on 31 January. The Cabinet committee on health is scheduled to meet on 13 February and the committee on the economy and investment, which is chaired by the Tánaiste, is scheduled to meet on 16 February. Other committees will meet in the coming weeks.

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