S.I. No. 65/2025 - Health (Delegation of Ministerial Functions) Order 2025


Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of 7th March, 2025.

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) Order 2025.

2. The powers (other than the power to prosecute an offence) and duties of the Minister for Health conferred on her by or under the enactments specified in the Schedule are delegated to Mary Butler, Minister of State at the Department of Health.

SCHEDULE

Mental Health Act 2001 (No. 25 of 2001)

Mental Health Act 2008 (No. 19 of 2008)

Mental Health (Amendment) Act 2018 (No. 10 of 2018)

Mental Health (Renewal Orders) Act 2018 (No. 23 of 2018)

Criminal Law (Insanity) Act 2006 (No. 11 of 2006)

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GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Government,

4 March, 2025.

MICHEÁL MARTIN,

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 2025 delegates to Mary Butler, Minister of State at the Department of Health the statutory powers and duties of the Minister for Health mentioned in the Order.