S.I. No. 16/1957 - Gaeltacht (Tranfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order, 1957.


S.I. No. 16 of 1957.

GAELTACHT (TRANFER OF DEPARTMENTAL ADMINISTRATION AND MINISTERIAL FUNCTIONS) ORDER, 1957.

The Government, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by subsection (1) of section 6 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 Gaeltacht (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order, 1957.

(2) This Order shall come into operation on the 1st day of April, 1957.

2. The administration and business of the services referred to in the Schedule are hereby transferred from the Department of Education to the Department of Gaeltacht.

SCHEDULE.

SERVICES TRANSFERRED.

1. Bonus to parents or guardians of certain pupils in the Gaeltacht and Breac-Ghaeltacht.

2. Holiday scholarships in the Gaeltacht.

3. Taibhdhearc na Gaillimhe.

4. Drámaíocht sa Ghaeltacht.

5. The Irish Folklore Commission.

6. Grants to Irish Colleges in the Gaeltacht.

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Government, this 8th day of February, 1957.

JOHN A. COSTELLO,

Taoiseach.