In wishing the Minister of State, Deputy White, the best of luck, I want to inquire if the instruments assigning power to the Minister of State have been signed. Will the instruments be laid before the Houses of the Oireachtas?

That question was already asked.

Will it include primary care and will the delegated functions be in the tenure of Minister of State?

The question was answered already.

I call Deputy Buttimer.

There was no answer.

There was no answer the previous time when Deputy Adams raised it.

The answer is that I have already made an announcement in the House for the information of Deputies, including Deputy Kelleher, that Deputy Alex White has been nominated and approved by the Government as a Minister of State at the Department of Health with responsibility for primary care.

With no powers.

Primary care is not contained in a particular statute because it crosses many areas of the Department so powers are not assigned in the normal way because the statutory remit is not that narrow.

That is why reform did not happen. What was the Tánaiste doing?

I call Deputy Buttimer.

False anger, Deputy Martin.

There were many Ministers of State in the previous Government.

I ask Deputy Buttimer to proceed.