Brendan Smith (Cavan-Monaghan, Fianna Fail)
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To ask the Minister for Defence the statutory powers that have been delegated to Ministers of State in his Department; and the date on which the statutory powers were delegated. [40777/12]

Alan Shatter (Dublin South, Fine Gael)
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The Minister of State at my Department, Mr. Paul Kehoe, T.D., also performs the role of Government Chief Whip and Minister of State at the Department of the Taoiseach. No statutory powers have been delegated to Minister Kehoe in his role as Minister of State at the Department of Defence.