Updated to 18 February 2026 (Act No. 1 of 2026 and S.I. No. 54 of 2026)
All effects below are reflected in the most recent Revised Act.
Ministers and Secretaries Act 1924
No. 16 of 1924
Contents
Commencement
| Section | Commencement/Effective Date Where the commencement and effective dates differ, the effective date is shown below.
|
Commencement Information |
|---|---|---|
| Whole Act | 2 June 1924 | Ministers and Secretaries Act, 1924 (Commencement) Order 1924 (S.I. No. 4 of 1924), art. 3 |
Amendments and other effects
| How Affected | Affecting Provision |
|---|---|
| Act included in collectively cited Ministers and Secretaries Acts | 36/1939, s. 13(2) |
| Application of collectively cited Ministers and Secretaries Acts extended | 10/2020, s. 1(3) |
| 18/2017, s. 1(3) | |
| 10/2011, s. 7(3) | |
| 40/1983, s. 2(3) | |
| 27/1977, s. 2(4) | |
| 14/1973, s. 3(4) | |
| 18/1966, s. 2(3) | |
| 17/1959, s. 2(3) | |
| 21/1956, s. 3(4) | |
| 38/1946, ss. 2(4), 3(4) | |
| 36/1939, s. 2(4) | |
| Application of Act restricted | 4/1995, ss. 5(1), 24 |
| Application of collectively cited Ministers and Secretaries Acts construed | 36/1939, s 4(1) |
| S. 1(ii), transfer of certain functions under | 10/2011, ss. 1(2), 6 & 8 |
| S. I. No. 294 of 1973 | |
| S. 1(vi) repealed | 6/1928, s. 2(4) |
| S. 1(vii) construed | 21/1945, s. 7(1) |
| S. 1(vii) transfer of functions under | S.I. No. 383 of 1983 |
| S.I. No. 9 of 1980 | |
| S. 1(viii) repealed | 6/1928, s. 3(4) |
| S. 1(ix) repealed | 40/1983, s. 14(c) |
| S. 1(x) amended | 18/1954, s. 9, sch. 1 |
| S. 2(1) declared unconstitutional insofar as it requires the fiat of the Attorney General to be obtained before proceedings in the High Court can be validly instituted against a Minister for State | Macauley v Minister for Posts and Telegraphs [1966] 1 IR 345, Kenny J |
| S. 2 (2) transfer of certain functions under | 10/2011, ss. 1(2), 6 & 8 |
| S. I. No. 294 of 1973 | |
| S. 2(3) repealed, regs. ctd. with power to amend or revoke | 46/1956, s. 22(1) (2), sch. |
| S. 2(4) transfer of certain functions under | 10/2011, ss. 1(2), 6 & 8 |
| S. 3 repealed | 38/1946, s. 5, sch. |
| S. 4 repealed | 38/1938, ss. 2, 3, sch. |
| S. 6(1) functions delegated | 39/2000, ss. 1(2), 10(1) |
| S. 6(1A) (1B) inserted | 18/2005, ss. 2(2), 28 |
| S. 7 repealed | 28/1977, ss. 6, 7(3) |
| S. 7(5) repealed | 38/1938, ss. 2, 3, sch. |
| S. 8 repealed | 18/1954, s. 9, sch. 1 |
| S. 9 application extended, words construed | 6/1926, s. 3 |
| S. 9 restricted | 10/2011, s. 101 |
| 22/1946, s. 6 as substituted by 12/2003, s. 1(2), 6 | |
| 22/1942, s. 5(6) | |
| S. 10 transfer of functions | S.I. No. 418 of 2011, arts. 1(2), 3 & sch. 1 |
| Ss. 11, 12 repealed | 36/1939, ss. 11, 12 |
| S. 14 transfer of functions | S.I. No. 418 of 2011, arts. 1(2), 3 & sch. 1 |
| S. 15(1) application extended | 24/1925, s. 7(1) |
| S. 15(4) application extended | 24/1925, s. 7(2) |
| S. 15(4) reference construed | 18/1954, s. 304(1) |
| S. 17 references construed | 28/1977, ss. 3, 7(3) |
| S. 17(c) amended | 18/1954, s. 304(2) |
| Sch. part 1 amended | 43/2001, ss. 2, 36 |
| 24/1983, s. 7 and sch. 3 part 1 | |
| Sch. part 4 amended | 28/1971, s. 30 |
| Sch. part 5 repealed | 6/1928, s. 2(4) |
| Sch. part 7 repealed | 6/1928, s. 3(4) |
| Sch. part 8 repealed | 40/1983, s. 14(c) |
SIs made under the Act
| Section | SIs made under the Act |
|---|---|
| Whole Act | Money Order Amendment (No. 14) Regulations 1951 (S.I. No. 295 of 1951) |
| Postal Order (Inland) Amendment (No. 4) Regulations 1951 (S.I. No. 294 of 1951) | |
| Foreign and Colonial Parcel Post Amendment (No. 6) Warrant 1938 (S.I. No. 114 of 1938) | |
| Inland Post Amendment (No. 33) Warrant 1938 (S.I. No. 113 of 1938) | |
| Inland Post Amendment (No 31) Warrant 1936 (S.I. No. 203 of 1936) | |
| Foreign and Colonial Parcel Post Amendment (No. 5) Warrant 1934 (S.I. No. 185 of 1934) | |
| Money Order Amendment (No. 13) Regulations 1929 (S.I. No. 14 of 1929) | |
| Foreign and Colonial Parcel Post Amendment (No. 4) Warrant 1928 (S.I. No. 31 of 1928) | |
| Inland Post Amendment (No. 30) Warrant 1928 (S.I. No. 30 of 1928) | |
| Inland Post Amendment (No. 29) Warrant 1928 (S.I. No. 9 of 1928) | |
| Money Order Amendment (No. 12) Regulations 1926 (S.I. No. 71 of 1926) | |
| Foreign and Colonial Post Amendment (No. 3) Warrant 1926 (S.I. No. 69 of 1926) | |
| Foreign and Colonial Parcel Post Amendment (No. 3) Warrant 1926 (S.I. No. 68 of 1926) | |
| Inland Post Amendment (No. 28) Warrant 1925 (S.I. No. 64 of 1925) | |
| Inland Post Amendment (No. 27) Warrant 1925 (S.I. No. 25 of 1925) | |
| Inland Post Amendment (No. 26) Warrant 1924 (S.I. No. 33 of 1924) | |
| Foreign and Colonial Parcel Post Amendment (No. 2) Warrant 1924 (S.I. No. 28 of 1924) | |
| Inland Post Amendment (No. 25) Warrant 1924 (S.I. No. 27 of 1924) | |
| S. 1(iv) | Burial Ground (Amendment) Regulations 2013 (S.I. No. 144 of 2013) |
| S. 2(3) | Civil Service (Emergency Bonus) Regulations (S.I. No. 345 of 1945) |
| Civil Service (Bonus) Regulations 1944 (S.I. No. 364 of 1944) | |
| Civil Service (Emergency Bonus) Regulations 1944 (S.I. No. 43 of 1944) | |
| Civil Service (Emergency Bonus) Regulations 1943 (S.I. No. 1 of 1943) | |
| Civil Service (Stabilisation of Bonus) (Amendment) Regulations 1942 (S.I. No. 258 of 1942) | |
| Civil Service (Stabilisation of Bonus) Regulations 1940 (S.I. No. 177 of 1940) | |
| S. 9 | Royal Hospital Kilmainham (Dissolution of Governors and Revocation of Charters) Order 1955 (S.I. No. 260 of 1955) |
| Irish Insurance Commissioners (Transfer of Functions) Order 1933 (S.I. No. 1 of 1933) | |
| General Prisons Board (Transfer of Functions) Order 1928 (S.I. No. 79 of 1928) | |
| Irish Land Commission (Fisheries and Rural Industries) (Transfer of Functions) Order 1928 (S.I. No. 60 of 1928) | |
| Department of Agriculture and Technical Instruction For Ireland (Education) (Transfer of Functions) Order 1927 (S.I. No. 101 of 1927) | |
| Saorstát Eireann Forestry Commissioners (Transfer of Functions) Order 1927 (S.I. No. 69 of 1927) | |
| Department of Agriculture and Technical Instruction For Ireland (Fisheries) (Transfer of Functions) Order 1927 (S.I. No. 5 of 1927) | |
| Commissioners of Education in Ireland (Transfer of Functions) Order 1925 (S.I. No. 22 of 1925) | |
| Electricity Commissioners (Transfer of Functions) Order 1924 (S.I. No. 7 of 1924) | |
| S. 9(1) | National Education Commissioners (Transfer of Functions) Order 1935 (S.I. No. 264 of 1935) |
| Intermediate Education Commissioners (Transfer of Functions) Order 1925 (S.I. No. 17 of 1925) | |
| S. 9(2) | Heritage (Transfer of Functions of Commissioners of Public Works in Ireland) Order, 1996 (S.I. No. 332 of 1996) |
| Heritage (Transfer of Functions of Commissioners of Public Works) Order, 1996 (S.I. No. 61 of 1996) | |
| S. 10 | Sea Fisheries Fund (Winding-Up) Order 1941 (S.I. No. 276 of 1941) |
| National School Teachers' Pension Fund (Winding-Up) Order 1934 (S.I. No. 43 of 1934) | |
| General Cattle Diseases Fund (Cattle Pleuro-Pneumonia Account) (Winding-Up) Order 1928 (S.I. No. 11 of 1928) | |
| Forestry Fund (Winding-Up) Order 1927 (S.I. No. 70 of 1927) | |
| Department of Agriculture and Technical Instruction (Winding-Up of a Fund For Congested Districts) Order 1925 (S.I. No. 21 of 1925) | |
| The Endowment Fund (Final Winding-Up) Order 1925 (S.I. No. 20 of 1925) | |
| The Intermediate Education Commissioners (Statutory Funds Winding-Up) Order 1925 (S.I. No. 18 of 1925) | |
| The Development Fund (Winding-Up) Order 1925 (S.I. No. 15 of 1925) | |
| Endowment Fund (Second Apportionment and Winding-Up) Order 1925 (S.I. No. 13 of 1925) | |
| Endowment Fund (First Apportionment and Winding-Up) Order 1925 (S.I. No. 12 of 1925) | |
| S. 11 | Minister For Industry and Commerce (Agency) Order 1939 (S.I. No. 194 of 1939) |
| Minister For Finance (Agency) Order 1939 (S.I. No. 184 of 1939) | |
| Minister For Local Government and Public Health (Agency) (No. 2) Order 1939 (S.I. No. 132 of 1939) | |
| Minister For Local Government and Public Health (Agency) Order 1939 (S.I. No. 115 of 1939) | |
| Minister for Agriculture (Agency) Order 1932 (S.I. No. 57 of 1932) | |
| Minister for Industry and Commerce (Agency) Order 1932 (S.I. No. 56 of 1932) | |
| Minister for Local Government and Public Health (Agency) Order 1932 (S.I. No. 55 of 1932) | |
| S. 12(2) | Meteorological Services (Re-Distribution of Public Services) Order 1936 (S.I. No. 276 of 1936) |
| Forestry (Re-Distribution of Public Services) Consequential Order 1934 (S.I. No. 117 of 1934) | |
| Fisheries (Re-Distribution of Public Services) Order 1934 (S.I. No. 40 of 1934) | |
| Forestry (Re-Distribution of Public Services Order 1933 (S.I. No. 158 of 1933) | |
| Geological Survey (Re-Distribution of Public Services) Order 1928 (S.I. No. 4 of 1928) | |
| The Irish Land Commission (Re-Distribution of Public Services) Order 1927 (S.I. No. 55 of 1927) | |
| The Registrar of Friendly Societies (Re-Distribution of Public Services) Order 1926 (S.I. No. 12 of 1926) |