Michael McGrath (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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Question 68: To ask the Minister for Finance if Minister Howlin is in the position to direct any members of his administrative staff; and the governance structures which currently apply in the areas which will be transferred to the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform. [12401/11]

Michael Noonan (Limerick City, Fine Gael)
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The Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform will be conferred with formal functions in relation to his Department under the Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Bill, 2011 which was published on 20 May 2011 and by way of transfer of functions Order timed to commence immediately after the enactment of the Bill.

In the interim, the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform is working closely with staff of the Divisions that are transferring to the Department.

Any statutory functions that are now with the Minister for Finance and are proper to the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform will continue to be performed by the Minister for Finance pending the enactment of the Bill and the commencement of the transfer of functions Order referred to above.