Industrial Development (Enterprise Ireland) Act, 1998

Amendment of “Agency” etc., in Act of 1993.

44.—(1) Section 2 (1) of the Act of 1993 is hereby amended by—

(a) the deletion of the definition of “Agency”, and

(b) the substitution for the definition of “the Minister” of the following definitions:

“‘the Minister’ means the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment;

‘subsidiary’ means a subsidiary acquired or formed and registered by either Forfás or IDA pursuant to section 5 of the Industrial Development Act, 1995 .”.

(2) The Act of 1993 (other than section 9(3) thereof and paragraph 2(2) of the Second Schedule thereto) is hereby amended by the substitution for “each Agency” and “either Agency” in each place those words occur of “IDA”.

(3) Section 9 (1) and (2) of the Act of 1993 is hereby amended by the substitution for “Forbairt” of “Enterprise Ireland”.

(4) Section 9 (3) of the Act of 1993 is hereby amended by the substitution for “and each Agency” of “, Enterprise Ireland and IDA”.

(5) This section shall come into operation on the establishment day.