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Dáil

Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Membership of Local Authorities by Government Ministers.

asked the Taoiseach if any Minister or Minister of State is still a member of a local authority, a health board or any of their subsidiary committees; and if so, if he will give details of same.

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The Minister for Energy is the only member of the Government serving on a local authority or health board — Tipperary (North Riding) County Council and the MidWestern Health Board. I understand that he will be tendering his resignation from both bodies early next year.

The Minister of State at the Department of Energy, Deputy Liam Aylward, is a member of Kilkenny County Council and the South-Eastern Health Board. The position in relation to other Ministers of State is as I outlined to the House last February.

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