Paul McGrath (Westmeath, Fine Gael)
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Question 251: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the functions which have, since the last general election, been delegated to Ministers of State at his Department by the Government under powers conferred on it by Section 2 (1) of the Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) (No. 2) Act 1977; and the statutory instrument number of each such order. [22832/06]

Noel Dempsey (Meath, Fianna Fail)
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Since July 2002, a variety of marine and other functions was delegated by Government Orders under the Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) (No. 2) Act 1977 to successive Ministers of State at the Department of Communications, Marine and Natural Resources. Those functions were specified in those Orders: Orders made in favour of John Browne [4] Lapsed on his transfer to Department of Agriculture and Food; 1. Communications, Marine and Natural Resources (Delegation of Ministerial Functions) Order 2002 — S.I. 374; 2. Marine (Delegation of Ministerial Functions) Order 2004 — S.I. 236 Current; 3. Marine (Delegation of Ministerial Functions) Order 2006 — S.I. 82; 4. Marine (Delegation of Ministerial Functions) (No. 2) Order 2006 — S.I. 167.

Orders made in favour of Pat the Cope Gallagher [7] Lapsed on his transfer to Department of Transport; 1. Marine (Delegation of Ministerial Functions) (No. 2) Order 2004 — S.I. 703; 2. Marine (Delegation of Ministerial Functions) (No. 3) Order 2004 — S.I. 769; 3. Marine (Delegation of Ministerial Functions) Order 2005 — S.I. 82; 4. Marine (Delegation of Ministerial Functions) (No. 2) Order 2005 — S.I. 346; 5. Marine (Delegation of Ministerial Functions) (No. 3) Order 2005 — S.I. 549; 6. Marine (Delegation of Ministerial Functions) (No. 4) Order 2005 — S.I. 569; 7. Marine (Delegation of Ministerial Functions) (No. 5) Order 2005 — S.I. 843 [Consolidated all 6 previous Orders, which it replaced, so as to take account of transfer of certain Ministerial functions to Minister for Transport by S.I. No. 842 of 2005, with effect from 1 January 2006]. Text of the 11 Orders is on DCMNR website at www.dcmnr.ie.