Mahaney is one of several ministry leaders recently named in a class - action lawsuit alleging they failed to report multiple cases of child sex abuse within the ministry, urging the children who had been abused to «reconcile» with their abusers and counseling the abusers on how to avoid investigation and arrest. (rachelheldevans.com)
Responsibility for research is currently split between several ministries which are not about to hand over their budgets to the science minister. (newscientist.com)
Overall spending on science for the fiscal year beginning 1 July and in later years, called the forward estimates, is not yet clear because support is spread across several ministries. (sciencemag.org)