Pearse Doherty (Donegal, Sinn Fein)
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128. To ask the Minister for Finance the nature of his being Minister for two Departments including by reference to the role of the Houses of the Oireachtas in holding him to account (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35885/17]

Paschal Donohoe (Dublin Central, Fine Gael)
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In response to the Deputy, I can advise that while I was recently appointed as Minister for Finance and Public Expenditure and Reform for both the Department of Finance and the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform, I am in effect running two separate Departments as separate legal entities.