Niall Collins (Limerick, Fianna Fail)
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Question 31: To ask the Taoiseach the rights in relation to consultation and circulation of materials which have heretofore been reserved to the Minister for Finance will remain or be shared with the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform. [5210/11]

Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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Procedures regarding consultation and circulation of materials will be reviewed to take account of the new Ministerial responsibilities, and any changes required, whether in legislation or procedures, will be implemented. In the meantime, the two Ministers are working very closely together and will be consulted and circulated with materials on the same basis. In addition, the Government has established the Government Economic Management Council, of which both Ministers are of course members, along with the Tánaiste and myself, to ensure the coordination of economic policy and the preparation of economic policy decisions in advance of consideration by the Government.