Richard Bruton (Dublin North Central, Fine Gael)
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Question 171: To ask the Minister for Finance if he is responsible for the performance of the functions of his Department in accordance with section 3 of the Public Service Management Act 1997. [9649/05]

Brian Cowen (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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All members of the Government are Ministers having charge of a Department, and are responsible for the performance of functions that are assigned to the Department, pursuant to the Ministers and Secretaries Acts 1924 to 1995. This is confirmed in section 3 of the Public Service Management Act 1997. As I said in a written reply to Parliamentary Question No. 184 on 9 March 2005, there is also a framework in place in my Department for the assignment of functions under section 4 of the Public Service Management Act 1997.