Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

"Iris Oifigiúil" of 28th November, 2014.

The Government, on the request of the Minister for Health and in the 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 2014.

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 Kathleen Lynch, Minister of State at the Department of Health.

SCHEDULE

PART 1

Opticians Act 1956 (No. 17 of 1956)

Health (Fluoridation of Water Supplies) Act 1960 (No. 46 of 1960)

Poisons Act 1961 (No. 12 of 1961)

Dentists Act 1985 (No. 9 of 1985)

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

Health (Amendment) Act 1994 (No. 11 of 1994)

Irish Medicines Board Act 1995 (No. 29 of 1995), other than subsections (2)(n) and (3) (as amended by section 16 of the Irish Medicines Board (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2006 (No. 3 of 2006)) of section 32

Section 4 of the Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2001 (No. 14 of 2001)

Mental Health Act 2001 (No. 25 of 2001)

Part 2 and section 32 of the Disability Act 2005 (No. 14 of 2005)

Pharmacy Act 2007 (No. 20 of 2007)

Sections 32 , 35 and 44 of the Nursing Homes Support Scheme Act 2009 (No. 15 of 2009)

PART 2

Dublin Dental Hospital (Establishment) Order 1963 ( S.I. No. 129 of 1963 )

Paragraphs (2) and (3) (as 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 )

Medicinal Products (Prescription and Control of Supply) Regulations 2003 to 2008 (as amended by the Medicinal Products (Prescription and Control of Supply) (Amendment) Regulations 2009 ( S.I. No. 442 of 2009 ), the Medicinal Products (Prescription and Control of Supply) (Amendment) Regulations 2011 ( S.I. No. 525 of 2011 ) and the Medicinal Products (Prescription and Control of Supply) (Amendment) Regulations 2014 (S.I. 300 of 2014))

Regulations 6, 7, 8, 50, 52 and Schedule 2 (as amended by the European Communities (Clinical Trials on Medicinal Products for Human Use)(Amendment No. 2) Regulations 2006 ( S.I. No. 374 of 2006 )) of the European Communities (Clinical Trials on Medicinal Products for Human Use) Regulations 2004 ( S.I. No. 190 of 2004 )

Fluoridation of Water Supplies Regulations 2007 ( S.I. No. 42 of 2007 )

Medicinal Products (Control of Placing on the Market) Regulations 2007 to 2014

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

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

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

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Government,

25 November 2014.

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) Order 2014 delegates to Kathleen Lynch, Minister of State at the Department of Health the statutory powers and duties of the Minister for Health mentioned in the Order.