Government appoints Ministers of State

The Government at its meeting today, on the nomination of the Taoiseach Enda Kenny TD, appointed Ministers of State and assigned them to Departments with the particular areas of responsibility set out below:

Government Chief Whip & Defence – Department of Taoiseach & Department of Defence	Paul Kehoe TD
Housing & Planning – Department of Environment, Community & Local Government	Willie Penrose TD
Gaeltacht Affairs – Department of Arts, Heritage & Gaeltacht Affairs	Dinny McGinley TD
Primary Care – Department of Health	Roisin Shortall TD
Small Business – Department of Enterprise, Jobs & Innovation	John Perry TD
Tourism & Sport – Department of Transport, Tourism & Sport	Michael Ring TD
Trade & Development – Department of Foreign Affairs & Trade	Jan O’Sullivan TD
Disability, Equality & Mental Health – Department of Health & Department of Justice & Equality	Kathleen Lynch TD
NewEra Project – Department of Communications, Energy & Natural Resources & Department of Environment, Community & Local Government	Fergus O’Dowd TD
Public Service Reform & OPW – Department of Public Expenditure & Reform & Department of Finance	Brian Hayes TD
Food, Horticulture & Food Safety – Department of Agriculture, Marine & Food	Shane McEntee TD
European Affairs - Department of the Taoiseach & Department of Foreign Affairs & Trade	Lucinda Creighton TD
Research & Innovation – Department of Enterprise, Jobs & Innovation & Department of Education & Skills	Sean Sherlock TD
Training & Skills – Department of Education & Skills	Ciaran Cannon TD
Public & Commuter Transport – Department of Transport, Tourism & Sport	Alan Kelly TD

At its meeting last night, the Government appointed Paul Kehoe TD to be Minister of State at the Department of the Taoiseach and the Department of Defence with the responsibility of Chief Whip and Willie Penrose TD to be Minister of State attending the Government, with particular responsibility for Planning and Housing at the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government.

ENDS