S.I. No. 340/2017 - Health (Delegation of Ministerial Functions) (No. 3) Order 2017.


Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of 28th July, 2017.

The Government, on the request of the Minister for Health and in exercise of the powers conferred on them by section 2 (1) of the Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) (No. 2) Act 1977 (No. 28 of 1977), hereby order as follows:

1. This Order may be cited as the Health (Delegation of Ministerial Functions) (No. 3) Order 2017.

2. The powers (other than the power to prosecute an offence) and duties of the Minister for Health conferred on him by or under—

(a) the Mental Health Act 2001 (No. 25 of 2001), and

(b) sections 32 and 35 of the Nursing Homes Support Scheme Act 2009 (No. 15 of 2009),

are delegated to Jim Daly, Minister of State at the Department of Health.

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GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Government,

18 July 2017.

LEO VARADKAR,

Taoiseach.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation.)

The Health (Delegation of Ministerial Functions)(No.3) Order 2017 delegates to Jim Daly T.D., Minister of State at the Department of Health the statutory powers and duties of the Minister for Health mentioned in the Order.