S.I. No. 364/2025 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Delegation of Ministerial Functions) Order 2025

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of 25th July, 2025.

The Government, on the request of the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage 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 Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Delegation of Ministerial Functions) Order 2025.

2. The powers (other than the power to prosecute an offence) and duties of the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage conferred on him –

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

(b) by or under the enactments specified in Part 2 of the Schedule,

(c) under the provisions of the instruments specified in Part 3 of the Schedule,

and

(d) under the instruments specified in Part 4 of the Schedule,

are delegated to John Cummins, Minister of State at the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage.

SCHEDULE

PART 1

Section 6 of the Local Government Act 1998 (No. 16 of 1998)

Section 56 of the Valuation Act 2001 (No. 13 of 2001)

The following sections of the Local Government Act 2001 (No. 37 of 2001): 2, 5(3) (in so far as it relates to the Planning and Development Act 2000 ), 22A, 44, 48, 51, 52, 54, 68, 75, 87, 96, 102, 103, 103A, 104, 106, 107, 108, 111, 115 to 118, 120 to 123, 125, 126, 126C, 126D, 126K, 128, 129C, 129G, 131, 131A, 133, 134, 134A, 136, 142 to 148, 151, 156, 158(1)(d), 160, 161, 162, 167, 169, 171, 174 to 176, 183, 189, 190, 192, 199 to 201, in so far as the references to appropriate Minister in those sections relate to the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage, 206, 210, 221 to 223, 225, 231, 233, 237A, 247 and Schedule 4 (in so far as it relates to the Planning and Development Act 2000) Parts 2 and 3 of the Planning and Development (Amendment) Act 2002 (No. 32 of 2002)

Section 2 of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2004 (No. 43 of 2004)

Sections 1 (6) and 114 of the Water Services Act 2007 (No. 30 of 2007)

Sections 7(1), 7(2) and 21(3) of the Harbours (Amendment) Act 2009 (No. 26 of 2009)

Part 5 of the Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2011 (No. 20 of 2011)

Part 8 of the Electoral, Local Government and Planning and Development Act 2013 (No. 27 of 2013)

Sections 1(7), 1(8), 5(5), 5(7), Part 3 of Schedule 2 (in so far as it relates to the Building Control Act 1990) and Part 4 of Schedule 2 of the Local Government Reform Act 2014 (No. 1 of 2014)

Sections 8 and 28(1) of the Harbours Act 2015 (No. 61 of 2015)

Part 3 of the Aircraft Noise (Dublin Airport) Regulation Act 2019 (No. 12 of 2019)

Section 38 of the Residential Tenancies (Amendment) Act 2019 (No. 14 of 2019)

Sections 6 , 9 , 11, 15, 18, 23, 24 and 28 of the Local Government Rates and other Matters Act 201 9 (No. 24 of 201 9 )

Section 9 of the Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (Covid-19) Act 2020 (No. 2 of 2020)

Chapters 2 and 5 of Part 2 of the Planning and Development, Heritage and Broadcasting (Amendment) Act 2021 (No. 11 of 2021)

Part 2 of the Planning and Development, Maritime and Valuation (Amendment) Act 2022 (No. 29 of 2022)

Part 2 of the Planning and Development and Foreshore (Amendment) Act 2022 (No. 47 of 2022)

Sections 7, 15, 16, 19, 30, 47(1) and (6) and 52 of the Local Government (Mayor of Limerick) and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2024 (No. 7 of 2024)

PART 2

Building Control Act 1990 (No. 3 of 1990)

Derelict Sites Act 1990 (No. 14 of 1990)

Urban Renewal Act 1998 (No. 27 of 1998), other than Part III

Housing (Traveller Accommodation) Act 1998 (No. 33 of 1998)

Planning and Development Act 2000 (No. 30 of 2000), other than Part VI

Licensing of Indoor Events Act 2003 (No. 15 of 2003)

Planning and Development (Strategic Infrastructure) Act 2006 (No. 27 of 2006)

Building Control Act 2007 (No. 21 of 2007)

Compulsory Purchase Orders (Extension of Time Limits) Act 2010 (No. 17 of 2010)

Planning and Development (Amendment) Act 2010 (No. 30 of 2010), other than Part 3

Pyrite Resolution Act 2013 (No. 51 of 2013), other than sections 10 and 11

Urban Regeneration and Housing Act 2015 (No. 33 of 2015)

Planning and Development (Amendment) Act 2015 (No. 63 of 2015)

Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Act 2016 (No. 17 of 2016), other than subsection 1(2)(b) and (c), Parts 3 to 5 and the Schedule

Planning and Development (Amendment) Act 2017 (No. 20 of 2017)

Planning and Development (Amendment) Act 2018 (No. 16 of 2018), other than Part 4 and Schedule 3 at reference numbers 12 to 18

Local Government Act 2019 (No. 1 of 2019)

Planning and Development, and Residential Tenancies, Act 2020 (No. 27 of 2020)

Planning and Development (Amendment) (Large-scale Residential Development) Act 2021 (No. 40 of 2021)

Planning and Development Act 2024 (No. 34 of 2024), other than section 1 and Part 18

PART 3

Parts 2, 3 and 4, and Schedules 1 and 2 of the European Union (Planning and Development) (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 2018 ( S.I. No. 296 of 2018 )

Part II of the European Union (Waste Water Discharge) Regulations 2020 ( S.I. No. 214 of 2020 )

PART 4

European Communities (Environmental Assessment of Certain Plans and Programmes) Regulations 2004 ( S.I. No. 435 of 2004 )

European Communities (Environmental Assessment of Certain Plans and Programmes) (Amendment) Regulations 2011 ( S.I. No. 200 of 2011 )

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Government,

22 July, 2025.

MICHEÁL MARTIN,

Taoiseach.