Over half of ministers of state, including Michael Healy-Rae, still have no responsibilities legally assigned by cabinet mastersUnder-fire Housing Minister James Browne still figuring out ministers’ specific functionsDelay suggests a lack of urgency or reluctance to delegate powers, says Sinn Féin’s Eoin Ó Broin
Almost half Junior Ministers still awaiting official assignment
It took five times for Agriculture Minister Martin Heydon’s officials to answer a basic question on the powers of his junior ministers. The eventual response showed why the reply was so slow in being forthcoming.
One hundred days after a record number of junior ministers were appointed, well over half of them still have no actual legal responsibilities.
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