S.I. No. 267/2025 - Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht (Delegation of Ministerial Functions) Order 2025

1. This Order may be cited as the Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht (Delegation of Ministerial Functions) Order 2025.

2. The powers (other than the power to prosecute an offence) and duties of the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht conferred on him –

(a) by or under the provisions of the Acts of the Oireachtas specified in Part 1 of the Schedule,

(b) under the instruments specified in Part 2 of the Schedule, and

(c) by or under –

(i) section 3A(b) of the

Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2007

(No. 32 of 2007),

(ii) section 3A of the

Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2007

, in so far as it relates to the functions transferred by clause (i),

(iii)

section 32

(1)(d)(ii) of the

Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2010

(No. 28 of 2010), and

(iv)

section 32

of the

Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2010

, in so far as it relates to the functions transferred by clause (iii),

are delegated to Jerry Buttimer, Minister of State at the Department of Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht.

SCHEDULE

PART 1

Section 162

of the

Public Health (Ireland) Act 1878

(41 & 42 Vict., c. 52)

Educational Endowments (Ireland) Act 1885 (48 & 49 Vict., c. 78)

Part VI of the

Local Government (Sanitary Services) Act 1948

(No. 3 of 1948)

Charities Act 1961 (No. 17 of 1961)

Street and House to House Collections Act 1962 (No. 13 of 1962)

Section 3 of Local Government Services (Corporate Bodies) Act 1971 (No. 6 of 1971) in so far as it relates to the establishment of a body having functions relating to the promotion of water safety

Section 42A of the

Copyright and Related Rights Act 2000

(No. 28 of 2000)

Dormant Accounts Act 2001 (No. 32 of 2001)

Sections 49A and 128A to 128F, and section 4 in so far as it relates to regulations made under section 128E or to regulations made for the purposes of enabling section 128E to have full effect, of the

Local Government Act 2001

(No. 37 of 2001)

Sections 66A to 66H of the

Local Government Act 2001

Chapter 3 of Part 9 of the

Local Government Act 2001

Section 127

of the

Local Government Act 2001

Unclaimed Life Assurance Polices Act 2003 (No. 2 of 2003)

Paragraphs (a) and (b), and paragraph (f) in so far as it relates to the functions referred to in paragraphs (a) and (b), of

section 2

(1) of the

Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2007

(No. 32 of 2007)

Charities Act 2009 (No. 6 of 2009) (other than section 13 of, and Schedule 1 to, that Act)

Dormant Accounts (Amendment) Act 2012 (No. 23 of 2012)

Charities (Amendment) Act 2024 (No. 21 of 2024)

PART 2

Local Community Development Committee (Section 128E) Regulations 2014 (

S.I. No 234 of 2014

)

Water Safety Ireland (Establishment) Order 2019 (

S.I. No. 56 of 2019

) (other than Articles 5, 6 and 7 of that Order)

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Government,

10 June, 2025.

MICHEÁL MARTIN,

Taoiseach.

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of

24

th June,

2025.

The Government, on the request of the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht (as adapted by the Rural and Community Development (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister) Order 2025 (

S.I. No. 173/2025

)), 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