S.I. No. 492/2011 - Health (Delegation of Ministerial Functions) Order 2011.

1. This Order may be cited as the Health (Delegation of Ministerial Functions) Order 2011.

2. The powers and duties of the Minister for Health conferred on him by or under the enactments specified in the Schedule are delegated to Kathleen Lynch, Minister of State at the Department of Health.

SCHEDULE

Part 2 and

section 32

of the

Disability Act 2005

(No. 14 of 2005)

Section 4

of the

Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2001

(No. 14 of 2001)

Mental Health Act 2001 (No. 25 of 2001)

Sections 32

,

35

and

44

of the

Nursing Homes Support Scheme Act 2009

(No. 15 of 2009)

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Government,

27 September 2011.

ENDA KENNY,

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) Order 2011 delegates to Kathleen Lynch, Minister of State at the Department of Health the statutory powers and duties of the Minister for Health mentioned in the Order.

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of

30

th September

, 2011.

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