Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Act, 1956
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The Department of the Gaeltacht. |
3.—(1) On the appointed day a Department of State to be styled and known as the Department of the Gaeltacht shall stand established. | |
(2) It shall be the function of the Department of the Gaeltacht to promote the cultural, social and economic welfare of the Gaeltacht; to encourage the preservation and extension of the use of Irish as a vernacular language; and, to such extent as may be necessary or appropriate, to consult and advise with other Departments of State in respect of services administered by such Departments which affect the cultural, social or economic welfare of the Gaeltacht or which concern the national aim of restoring the Irish language. | ||
(3) The member of the Government who is in charge of the Department of the Gaeltacht shall be styled and known as the Minister for the Gaeltacht. | ||
(4) The Ministers and Secretaries Acts, 1924 to 1946 and the Documentary Evidence Act, 1925 (No. 24 of 1925), shall apply to the Department of the Gaeltacht and the member of the Government who is in charge thereof as if that Department had been established by section 1 of the Ministers and Secretaries Act, 1924 (No. 16 of 1924). | ||
(5) For the purposes of subsection (1) of section 6 of the Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Act, 1939 (No. 36 of 1939), the Department of the Gaeltacht and the office of Minister for the Gaeltacht shall be deemed to have been established immediately upon the passing of this Act, but any order which is made, in relation to that Department or that Minister, under the said subsection (1) before the appointed day shall not be expressed to come into operation on a date earlier than the appointed day. |