Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of 28th July, 2017.

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) (No. 4) Order 2017.

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

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

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

are delegated to Catherine Byrne, Minister of State at the Department of Health.

SCHEDULE

PART 1

ACTS

Misuse of Drugs Acts 1977 to 2016

Sections 5 , 14 , 20 , 34 and 51 of the Food Safety Authority of Ireland Act 1998 (No. 29 of 1998)

Food Standards Act 1974 (No. 11 of 1974)

Milk and Dairies Acts 1935 to 1988

Public Health (Sunbeds) Act 2014 (No. 12 of 2014)

Part V and section 5, in so far as it relates to Part V, of the Health Act 1947 (No. 28 of 1947)

Tobacco Products (Control of Advertising, Sponsorship and Sales Promotion) Act 1978 (No. 27 of 1978)

Tobacco (Health Promotion and Protection) Act 1988 (No. 24 of 1988)

Public Health (Tobacco) Acts 2002 to 2015

Protection of Childrens Health (Tobacco Smoke in Mechanically Propelled Vehicles) Act 2014 (No. 40 of 2014)

PART 2

REGULATIONS

Misuse of Drugs (Licence Fees) Regulations 1979 ( S.I. No. 164 of 1979 )

Misuse of Drugs (Safe Custody) Regulations 1982 ( S.I. No. 321 of 1982 )

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

Misuse of Drugs Regulations 2017 ( S.I. No. 173 of 2017 )

Misuse of Drugs (Designation) Order 2017 ( S.I. No. 174 of 2017 )

Misuse of Drugs (Exemption) Order 2017 ( S.I. No. 175 of 2017 )

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

European Union (Manufacture, Presentation and Sale of Tobacco and Related Products) Regulations 2016 ( S.I. No. 271 of 2016 )

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Government,

18 July 2017.

LEO VARADKAR,

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 2017 delegates to Catherine Byrne T.D., Minister of State at the Department of Health the statutory powers and duties of the Minister for Health mentioned in the Order.