Ministers - which are the safe bets?

[Dizzy]

I'm growing weary of micromanaging. I am consitently forgetting to manage some of the staggering number of population transports I have getting overpopulated planet's races to the proper underpopulated planets with proper atmosphere.

I've seen ministers... and really dont know what to trust. Ive read before ministers suck... and to do it all yourself, then read exactly the opposite where ministers are the way to go. So... if I were to turn over population transports to the ministers, what would happen to my empire? Would sparsley populated planets be sent the proper race from over populated planets by my transports?

And what other areas of ministers are a sure bet? I'd like to focus more on just production and fleet placement and battles than on worrying about all my transports....

Any help would be appreciated on that and any other areas where ministers excel.