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Ministers and Secretaries Act, 1924

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Number 16 of 1924.

MINISTERS AND SECRETARIES ACT, 1924.

ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS

Section

1.

Establishment of the Departments of State.

2.

Ministers to be corporations sole and to have certain powers.

3.

Allocation of Departments of State among Ministers.

4.

Remuneration of Ministers.

5.

Collective responsibility of Executive Council preserved.

6.

The Attorney General.

7.

Power to Executive Council to appoint Parliamentary Secretaries.

8.

Constitution of the Council of Defence.

9.

Powers of Executive Council in respect of statutory bodies.

10.

Expenses of public services payable out of special funds.

11.

Power to Minister to function through agency of another Minister.

12.

Power to Executive Council to redistribute public services amongst Ministers.

13.

Orders of Executive Council to be laid before each House of the Oireachtas.

14.

Apportionment of funds between Ministers.

15.

Authentication of official documents.

16.

Executive Council to have a seal.

17.

Proof of official Orders, etc.

18.

References to Ministers in existing Acts.

19.

Laying of reports before the Oireachtas.

20.

Short title and commencement.

SCHEDULE

Act Referred to

Civil Service Regulation Act, 1923

No. 35 of 1923

Adaptation of Enactments Act, 1922

(No, 2 of 1922)

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Number 16 of 1924.

MINISTERS AND SECRETARIES ACT, 1924.

AN ACT FOR CONSTITUTING AND DEFINING THE MINISTERS AND DEPARTMENTS OF STATE IN SAORSTAT EIREANN PURSUANT TO THE CONSTITUTION AND DECLARING THE FUNCTIONS AND POWERS OF THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL AND ENABLING THE APPOINTMENT OF PARLIAMENTARY SECRETARIES AND FOR PURPOSES INCIDENTAL THERETO. [21st April, 1924.]

WHEREAS it is enacted by the Constitution of Saorstát Eireann that there shall be a Council responsible to Dáil Eireann to aid and advise in the Government of Saorstát Eireann, and that the said Council shall be styled the Executive Council and shall consist of not more than seven nor less than five Ministers, all being members of Dáil Eireann and appointed by the Representative of the Crown on the nomination of the President of the Executive Council with the assent of Dáil Eireann, who shall be collectively responsible for all matters concerning the Departments of State administered by Members of the Executive Council, and shall meet and act as a collective authority:

AND WHEREAS it is by the said Constitution provided that the Ministers who form the Executive Council shall include the President of the Council, the Vice-President of the Council and the Minister in charge of the Department of Finance:

AND WHEREAS it is also by the said Constitution enacted that Ministers other than those who shall be members of the Executive Council may be appointed by the Representative of the Crown, and that every such Minister shall be nominated by Dáil Eireann on the recommendation of a Committee of Dáil Eireann constituted for that purpose, and it is thereby further provided that every such Minister shall be the responsible head of the Department or Departments under his charge and shall be individually responsible to Dáil Eireann alone for the administration of the Department or Departments of which he is the head:

AND WHEREAS it is also by the said Constitution enacted that the total number of Ministers, including the Ministers who are members of the Executive Council, shall not exceed twelve, and that Ministers shall receive such remuneration as may from time to time be prescribed by law but that the remuneration of any Minister shall not be diminished during his term of office:

BE IT THEREFORE ENACTED BY THE OIREACHTAS OF SAORSTAT EIREANN AS FOLLOWS:—