All effects below are reflected in the most recent Revised Act.

Contents

• Commencement
• Amendments and other effects
• SIs made under the Act

Commencement

Section	Commencement Date	Commencement Information
Ss. 1 - 7	4 July 2011	Commenced on enactment
Ss. 8 - 10	6 July 2011	Ss. 1(2) & 6. Day appointed by Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Act 2011 (Appointed Day) Order 2011 (S.I. No. 401 of 2011), art. 2
Ss. 11 - 16(2)	4 July 2011	Commenced on enactment
S. 16(3)	6 July 2011	Ss. 1(2) & 6. Day appointed by Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Act 2011 (Appointed Day) Order 2011 (S.I. No. 401 of 2011), art. 2
S. 16(4)	4 July 2011	Commenced on enactment
Ss. 17 - 99	6 July 2011	Ss. 1(2) & 6. Day appointed by Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Act 2011 (Appointed Day) Order 2011 (S.I. No. 401 of 2011), art. 2
Ss. 100 - 101	4 July 2011	Commenced on enactment
Sch. 1	6 July 2011	Ss. 1(2) & 6. Day appointed by Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Act 2011 (Appointed Day) Order 2011 (S.I. No. 401 of 2011), art. 2
Sch. 2	6 July 2011	Ss. 1(2) & 6. Day appointed by Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Act 2011 (Appointed Day) Order 2011 (S.I. No. 401 of 2011), art. 2
Sch. 3	6 July 2011	Ss. 1(2) & 6. Day appointed by Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Act 2011 (Appointed Day) Order 2011 (S.I. No. 401 of 2011), art. 2

Amendments and other effects

How Affected	Affecting Provision
Act included in collectively cited Ministers and Secretaries Acts	S. 1(3)
S. 3(1)(g) substituted	Education and Training Boards Act 2013 (No. 11 of 2013), ss. 1(2), 72(1), sch. 6, item 59
S. 6 day appointed	Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Act 2011 (Appointed Day) Order 2011 (S.I. No 401 of 2011), art. 2
S. 9(1)(a)(i)-(ii) functions transferred	Public Expenditure and Reform (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order 2013 (S.I. No. 574 of 2013), arts. 1(2), 3
S. 16A inserted	Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Act 2015 (No. 39 of 2015), ss. 1(2), 12
S. 16A(10) amended	Public Service Pay Act 2021 (15/2021), s. 4(a)
S. 16A(10A) inserted	Public Service Pay Act 2021 (15/2021), s. 4(b)
S. 17 substituted	Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Act 2013 (No. 29 of 2013), ss. 1, 4(2)
S. 17A inserted	Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Act 2013 (No. 29 of 2013), ss. 2, 4(2)
S. 17A(2) substituted	Data Sharing and Governance Act 2019 (5/2019), ss. 1(2), 73
S. 17A(2) amended	Data Protection Act 2018 (7/2018), ss. 1(3), 215(a)
S. 17A(4) inserted	Data Protection Act 2018 (7/2018), ss. 1(3), 215(b)
S. 21(2)(k) references to "Financial Services Ombudsman Council" construed as "Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman Council"	22/2017, s. 29(2)
S. 21(2)(e)-(g) deleted	National Treasury Management Agency (Amendment) Act 2014 (No. 23 of 2014), ss. 1(3), 5(1), sch. 1 pt. 9 item 1
S. 101(3) amended	Finance (No. 2) Act 2023 (39/2023), s. 96(1)
	Energy (Windfall Gains in the Energy Sector) (Temporary Solidarity Contribution) Act 2023 (23/2023), ss. 1(2), 25
	Finance Act 2022 (44/2022), ss. 96(22), 96(25)
	Finance Act 2022 (44/2022), ss. 99(2), 99(4)
	Finance Act 2021 (45/2021), s. 80(2)
	Finance (Local Property Tax) (Amendment) Act 2021 (31/2021), s. 45
Sch. 1 references construed	Greyhound Racing Act 2019 (Act No. 15 of 2019), s. 8(2)
	State Airports (Shannon Group) Act 2014 (27/2014), s. 32(2)
	ESB (Electronic Communications Networks) Act 2014 (5/2014), ss. 8(1), (2), 9(3)
Sch 1. para. 19A inserted	Water Services (Amendment) Act 2022 (39/2022), ss. 1(3), 31, schedule
Sch. 2, pt. 1 amended	Transport (Córas Iompair Éireann and Subsidiary Companies Borrowings) Act 2012 (No. 49 of 2012), s. 4

SIs made under the Act

Section	SIs made under the Act
S. 4	Oireachtas (Allowances and Facilities) (Amendment) Regulations 2013 (S.I. No. 149 of 2013)
S. 6	Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Act 2011 (Appointed Day) Order 2011 (S.I. No. 401 of 2011)
S. 7	Local Government (Superannuation) (Consolidation) (Amendment) Scheme 2012 (S.I. No. 291 of 2012)
S. 9	Superannuation (Designation of Approved Organisations) Regulations 2023 (S.I. No. 455 of 2023)
	Superannuation (Designation of Approved Organisations) Regulations, 2022 (S.I. No. 274 of 2022)
	Superannuation (Designation of Approved Organisations) Regulations 2020 (S.I. No. 150 of 2020)
	Superannuation (Designation of Approved Organisations) Regulations 2018 (S.I. No. 394 of 2018)
	Superannuation (Designation of Approved Organisations) Regulations 2017 (S.I. No. 460 of 2017)
	Superannuation (Designation of Approved Organisations) Regulations 2015 (S.I. No. 188 of 2015)
	Superannuation (Designation of Approved Organisations) Regulations 2014 (S.I. No. 89 of 2014)
	Superannuation (Designation of Approved Organisations) Regulations 2013 (S.I. No. 498 of 2013)
	Superannuation (Designation of Approved Organisations) (No. 2) Regulations 2012 (S.I. No. 388 of 2012)
	Superannuation (Designation of Approved Organisations) Regulations 2012 (S.I. No. 160 of 2012)