S.I. No. 130/1995:

HEALTH (DELEGATION OF MINISTERIAL FUNCTIONS) ORDER, 1995.

HEALTH (DELEGATION OF MINISTERIAL FUNCTIONS) ORDER, 1995.

The Government, on the request of the Minister for Health and in exercise of the powers conferred on them by section 2 (1) of the Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) (No. 2) Act, 1977 (No. 28 of 1977), hereby order as follows:

1. This Order may be cited as the Health (Delegation of Ministerial Functions) Order, 1995.

2. The powers and duties of the Minister for Health conferred on him by or under the enactments specified in the Schedule to this Order are hereby delegated to Austin Currie TD, Minister of State at the Department of Health.

SCHEDULE

Adoption Acts, 1952-1991;

Children Acts, 1908-1989;

Child Care Act, 1991 (No. 17 of 1991);

Sections 55 and 56 of the Health Act, 1953 (No. 26 of 1953).

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Government, this 18th day of January, 1995.

JOHN BRUTON,

Taoiseach.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

The effect of this Order is to delegate the powers and duties referred to therein of the Minister for Health to Austin Currie, Minister of State at the Department of Health.