Dara Calleary (Mayo, Fianna Fail)
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168. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of Ministers of State attached to his Department; the responsibilities of each; if designated powers have been signed by him and assigned to the relevant Ministers of State; the date on which each designation was signed; the reason in circumstances in which no such designation has been made, this has not occurred; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40791/17]

Michael Creed (Cork North West, Fine Gael)
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There is one Minister of State attached to my Department.  Minister Andrew Doyle was appointed on 20 June 2017, with special responsibility for Food, Forestry and Horticulture and has been working in my Department since that date. Minister Doyle’s responsibilities include: the implementation of the 2014-2020 Forestry Programme, delivering on the horticulture actions identified in Food Wise 2025, including capital investment for developments in the sector, support for the Organic sector including the delivery of new capital investment for this sector as part of the Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Schemes (TAMS II) under the Rural Development Programme.  Other responsibilities include the implementation of the Indecon Report recommendations for the Greyhound sector and exploring the potential for energy crops.

I will shortly be bringing a memo to Government regarding the Delegation of Ministerial Functions to Minister Doyle.