Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of 6th October, 2017.

The Government, on the request of the Minister for Rural and Community Development 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 Rural and Community Development (Delegation of Ministerial Functions) Order 2017.

2. The powers (other than the power to prosecute an offence) and duties of the Minister for Rural and Community Development conferred on him by or under the enactments specified in the Schedule are delegated to Sean Kyne, Minister of State at the Department of Rural and Community Development.

SCHEDULE

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

Charities Acts 1961 and 1973

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

Control of Dogs Acts 1986 to 2014

Western Development Commission Act 1998 (No. 42 of 1998)

Dormant Accounts Acts 2001 to 2012

Section 127 (inserted by section 46 of the Local Government Reform Act 2014 ) (No. 1 of 2014) of the Local Government Act 2001 (No. 37 of 2001)

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

Section 2 (in so far as it relates to the functions referred to in paragraphs (a) and (f) (in so far as it relates to paragraph (a) of subsection (1) of that section) of the Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2007 (No. 32 of 2007)

Charities Act 2009 (No. 6 of 2009)

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Government,

3 October 2017.

LEO VARADKAR,

Taoiseach.