S.I. No. 219/2011 - Health and Children (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister) Order 2011.


Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of 13th May, 2011.

The Government, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by section 6 (1) of the Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Act 1939 (No. 36 of 1939), hereby order as follows:

1. (1) This Order may be cited as the Health and Children (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister) Order 2011.

(2) This Order comes into operation on 4 June 2011.

2. The name of the Department of State, the present name of which is, in the Irish language, an Roinn Sláinte agus Leanaí and, in the English language, the Department of Health and Children, is altered, in the Irish language, to that of an Roinn Sláinte and, in the English language, to that of the Department of Health.

3. The title of the Minister having charge of the Department of State, whose present title is, in the Irish language, an tAire Sláinte agus Leanaí and, in the English language, the Minister for Health and Children, is altered, in the Irish language, to that of an tAire Sláinte and, in the English language, to that of the Minister for Health.

4. In any enactment or any instrument made under an enactment—

(a) references to the Department Health and Children shall be construed as references to the Department of Health;

(b) references to the Minister for Health and Children shall be construed as references to the Minister for Health.

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GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Government,

10 May 2011.

ENDA KENNY,

Taoiseach.