Appointment of Taoiseach and Nomination of Members of Government Dail Éireann — 2024-04-09 ============================================================ Simon Harris (FG), Wicklow In reappointing Deputy McEntee as Minister for Justice, I am working with her and tasking her to continue her momentum of delivering stronger, safer communities by continuing to fast track legislation to give judges new powers to make sure heinous criminals serve long sentences before they can ever be considered for release. --- Source: Houses of the Oireachtas. Licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). The Official Report is revised after first publication; the fetch timestamp below identifies the version quoted. Record URI: https://data.oireachtas.ie/akn/ie/debateRecord/dail/2024-04-09/debate/main Retrieved: 2026-08-14T04:52:48+00:00 Sitting date: 2024-04-09