Updated to 16 September 2025 (Act No. 10 of 2025 and S.I. No. 432 of 2025)
All effects below are reflected in the most recent Revised Act.
Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Act 2011
No. 10 of 2011
Contents
Commencement
| Section | Commencement/Effective Date Where the commencement and effective dates differ, the effective date is shown below.
|
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 | Affecting Provision Commencement/Effective Date
Where the commencement and effective dates differ, the effective date is shown below.
|
Commencement Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 1 July 2013 | Education and Training Boards Act 2013 (Commencement) Order 2013 (S.I. No. 211 of 2013), art. 4 |
| 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 | 10 December 2013 | Public Expenditure and Reform (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order 2013 (S.I. No. 574 of 2013), art. 1(2) |
| S. 16A inserted | Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Act 2015 (No. 39 of 2015), ss. 1(2), 12 | 30 November 2015 | Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Act 2015 (Commencement) Order 2015 (S.I. No. 546 of 2015), art. 2 |
| S. 16A(10) amended | Public Service Pay Act 2021 (15/2021), s. 4(a) | 5 July 2021 | Commenced on enactment |
| S. 16A(10A) inserted | Public Service Pay Act 2021 (15/2021), s. 4(b) | 5 July 2021 | Commenced on enactment |
| S. 17 substituted | Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Act 2013 (No. 29 of 2013), ss. 1, 4(2) | 19 December 2013 | Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Act 2013 (Commencement) Order 2013 (S.I. No. 577 of 2013), art. 2 |
| S. 17A inserted | Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Act 2013 (No. 29 of 2013), ss. 2, 4(2) | 19 December 2013 | Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Act 2013 (Commencement) Order 2013 (S.I. No. 577 of 2013), art. 2 |
| S. 17A(2) substituted | Data Sharing and Governance Act 2019 (5/2019), ss. 1(2), 73 | 18 April 2019 | Data Sharing and Governance Act 2019 (Commencement of Certain Provisions) Order 2019 (S.I. No. 189 of 2019), art. 2(j) |
| S. 17A(2) amended | Data Protection Act 2018 (7/2018), ss. 1(3), 215(a) | 25 May 2018 | Data Protection Act 2018 (Commencement) Order 2018 (S.I. No. 174 of 2018), art. 3 |
| S. 17A(4) inserted | Data Protection Act 2018 (7/2018), ss. 1(3), 215(b) | 25 May 2018 | Data Protection Act 2018 (Commencement) Order 2018 (S.I. No. 174 of 2018), art. 3 |
| S. 21(2)(k) references to "Financial Services Ombudsman Council" construed as "Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman Council" | Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman Act 2017, s. 29(2) | 1 January 2018 | Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman Act 2017 (Commencement) Order 2017 (S.I. No. 524 of 2017), art. 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 | 22 December 2014 | National Treasury Management Agency (Amendment) Act 2014 (Commencement) (No. 2) Order 2014 (S.I. No. 586 of 2014), art. 2(d) |
| S. 101(3) amended | Finance (No. 2) Act 2023 (39/2023), s. 96(1) | 18 December 2023 | Commenced on enactment |
| Energy (Windfall Gains in the Energy Sector) (Temporary Solidarity Contribution) Act 2023 (23/2023), ss. 1(2), 25 | 2 August 2023 | Energy (Windfall Gains in the Energy Sector) (Temporary Solidarity Contribution) Act 2023 (Commencement) Order 2023 (S.I. No. 388 of 2023), art. 2 | |
| Finance Act 2022 (44/2022), ss. 96(22), 96(25) | 15 December 2022 | Commenced as per s. 96(25) | |
| Finance Act 2022 (44/2022), ss. 99(2), 99(4) | 15 December 2022 | Commenced on enactment | |
| Finance Act 2021 (45/2021), s. 80(2) | 15 December 2022 | Commenced on enactment | |
| Finance (Local Property Tax) (Amendment) Act 2021 (31/2021), s. 45 | 22 July 2021 | Commenced on enactment | |
| Sch. 1 references construed | Greyhound Racing Act 2019 (Act No. 15 of 2019), s. 8(2) | 1 October 2020 | Greyhound Racing Act 2019 (Commencement) Order 2020 (S.I. No. 399 of 2020), art. 2(b) |
| State Airports (Shannon Group) Act 2014 (27/2014), s. 32(2) | 27 July 2014 | Commenced on enactment | |
| ESB (Electronic Communications Networks) Act 2014 (5/2014), ss. 8(1), (2), 9(3) | 19 June 2014 | ESB (Electronic Communications Networks) (Commencement) Order 2014 (S.I. No. 286 of 2014), art. 2 | |
| Sch 1. para. 19A inserted | Water Services (Amendment) Act 2022 (39/2022), ss. 1(3), 31, schedule | 1 January 2023 | Water Services (Amendment) Act 2022 (Commencement) Order 2022 (S.I. No. 678 of 2022), art. 4(d) |
| Sch. 2, pt. 1 amended | Transport (Córas Iompair Éireann and Subsidiary Companies Borrowings) Act 2012 (No. 49 of 2012), s. 4 | 26 December 2012 | Commenced on enactment |
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) |