Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of 10th March, 2023.

The Government, on the request of the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage 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 Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Delegation of Ministerial Functions) Order 2023.

2. The powers (other than the power to prosecute an offence) and duties of the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage conferred on him -

(i) by or under the provisions of the enactments specified in Part 1 of the Schedule,

(ii) by or under the enactments specified in Part 2 of the Schedule, and

(iii) under the instruments specified in Part 3 of the Schedule, are delegated to Kieran O’Donnell, Minister of State at the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage.

SCHEDULE

PART 1

Section 71 of the Local Government (Dublin) Act 1930 (No. 27 of 1930)

Section 20 (4) of the Cork City Management (Amendment) Act 1941 (No. 5 of 1941)

Section 5 of the Local Government (Rates) Act 1970 (No. 2 of 1970)

Section 10 of the Local Government (Financial Provisions) Act 1978 (No. 35 of 1978)

Sections 5 and 6 of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1979 (No. 27 of 1979)

Sections 28 to 34 of the Local Government Act 1991 (No. 11 of 1991)

Section 6 of the Local Government Act 1998 (No. 16 of 1998)

Section 56 of the Valuation Act 2001 (No. 13 of 2001)

The following sections of the Local Government Act 2001 (No. 37 of 2001):

22A, 23, 44, 48, 51, 52, 54, 68, 75, 87, 96, 102, 103, 103A, 104, 106, 107, 108, 111, 115 to 118, 120 to 123, 125, 126, 126C, 126D, 126K, 128, 129C, 129G, 131, 131A, 133, 134, 134A, 136, 142 to 148, 151, 156, 158, 160, 161, 162, 167, 169, 171, 174 to 176, 183, 189, 190, 192, 199 to 201, in so far as the references to appropriate Minister in those sections relate to the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage, 206, 210, 221 to 223, 225, 231, 233, and 237A

Sections 29 (8) and 31 of the Local Government Reform Act 2014 (No. 1 of 2014)

Sections 8 and 28(1) of the Harbours Act 2015 (No. 61 of 2015)

Section 23 of the Local Government Rates and other Matters Act 2019 (No. 24 of 2019)

Sections 60 and 61 of the Electoral Reform Act 2022 (No. 30 of 2022)

PART 2

Foreshore Acts 1933 to 2022

Building Control Acts 1990 to 2020

Derelict Sites Act 1990

Urban Renewal Act 1998 (No. 27 of 1998), other than Part III

Housing (Traveller Accommodation) Act 1998 (No. 33 of 1998)

Planning and Development Acts 2000 to 2022 (No. 30 of 2000), other than Chapter 1 of Part VI

Licensing of Indoor Events Act 2003 (No. 15 of 2003)

Pyrite Resolution Act 2013 (No. 51 of 2013), other than sections 10 and 11

Local Government Act 2019 (No. 1 of 2019)

PART 3

European Communities (Environmental Assessment of Certain Plans and Programmes) Regulations 2004 to 2011

European Union (Marine Strategy Framework) Regulations 2011 ( S.I. No. 249 of 2011 )

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Government,

7 March, 2023.

LEO VARADKAR,

Taoiseach.