Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

"Iris Oifigiúil" of 30th September, 2011.

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) (No. 2) Order 2011.

2. The powers (other than the power to prosecute an offence) and duties of the Minister for Health conferred on him-

(a) by the enactments specified in Part 1 of the Schedule, and

(b) under the instruments specified in Part 2 of the Schedule,

are delegated to Róisín Shortall, Minister of State at the Department of Health.

SCHEDULE

PART 1

Poisons Act 1961 (No.12 of 1961)

Misuse of Drugs Acts 1977 to 2007

Section 17 of the Control of Clinical Trials Act 1987 (No. 28 of 1987)

section 16 of the Irish Medicines Board (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2006 (No. 3 of 2006)) of section 32

Pharmacy Act 2007 (No. 20 of 2007)

PART 2

Misuse of Drugs Regulations 1988

Paragraphs (2) and (3) (amended by Regulation 15 of the European Communities (Medical Devices) (Amendment) Regulations 2009 ( S.I. No. 110 of 2009 )) of Regulation 4 of the European Communities (Medical Devices) Regulations 1994 ( S.I. No. 252 of 1994 )

Misuse of Drugs Regulations (Supervision of Prescription and Control of Supply of Methadone) Regulations 1998 ( S.I. No. 225 of 1998 )

Medicinal Products (Prescription and Control of Supply) Regulations 2003 to 2008

Regulations 6, 7, 8, 50, 52 and Schedule 2 of the European Communities (Clinical Trials on Medicinal Products for Human Use) Regulations 2004 ( S.I. No. 190 of 2004 )

Medicinal Products (Control of Placing on the Market) Regulations 2007 to 2010

Medicinal Products (Control of Advertising) Regulations 2007 ( S.I. No. 541 of 2007 )

Regulation of Retail Pharmacy Businesses Regulations ( S.I. No. 488 of 2008 )

European Communities (Control of Drug Precursors) Regulations 2009 ( S.I. No. 558 of 2009 )

Pharmaceutical Society of Ireland (Fees) Rules 2008 and 2010

Poisons Regulations 2008 ( S.I. No. 511 of 2008 )

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Government,

27 September 2011.

ENDA KENNY,

Taoiseach.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation.)

The Health (Delegation of Ministerial Functions) (No. 2) Order 2011 delegates to Róisín Shortall, Minister of State at the Department of Health the statutory powers and duties of the Minister for Health mentioned in the Order.