asked the Taoiseach if he will outline all the changes made in the allocation of functions between Government Departments since the present Government took office.

The details of such changes are as follows: — The Government, (a) on 5 January 1983 approved the transfer of responsibility for the affairs of the Council for the Status of Women from the Department of Labour to the Department of the Taoiseach; (b) on 7 January 1983 approved the transfer of responsibility for Youth Affairs from the Department of Education to the Department of Labour; (c) on 12 January 1983 decided that responsibility for the Pro-Life Amendment of the Constitution should be transferred back from the Department of Health to the Department of Justice which the Leader of the Opposition proposed on 24 September last should have responsibility for drafting the necessary Bill; and (d) on 20 January 1983 made an order entitled Industry and Energy (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order, 1983, formally transferring responsibility for certain residual functions in relation to the Institute for Industrial Research and Standards from the Department of Trade, Commerce and Tourism to the Department of Industry and Energy.