Eoghan Kenny (Cork North-Central, Labour)
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56. To ask the Taoiseach to outline the exact title of each Minister of State in his Department; to outline their delegated functions and attributable budget heading for each of these functions; and the timeframe when such delegated functions will be formally notified to the Dáil. [4616/25]

Micheál Martin (Cork South-Central, Fianna Fail)
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The Government has appointed Ministers of State at the Department of the Taoiseach as follows:

1)Government Chief Whip and Minister of State attending cabinet with responsibility for Mental Health.

The Minister of State receives delegated functions in respect of the Statistics Act 1993 (No. 21 of 1993) and the Civil Service Regulation Acts 1956 to 2005 and the Public Service Management (Recruitment and Appointments) Act 2004 (No. 33 of 2004), in so far as those Acts relate to the Central Statistics Office.

2) Minister of State at the Department of the Taoiseach and the Department of Foreign Affairs with special responsibility for European Affairs and at the Department of Defence.

No formal functions of the Minister for Defence have been delegated to the Minister of State and full responsibility for Defence policies, the Department of Defence, and the Defence Forces remains with the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence. However, the Minister of State assists and performs functions, including Oireachtas business, as assigned by the Minister for Defence.

Delegated function Orders will be laid before the Houses in due course.