Lucinda Creighton (Dublin South East, Independent)
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356. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will list in tabular form all legislation and specific sections therein that refer to powers delegated to the Minister of State with special responsibility for Gaeltacht Affairs; if he will detail the title of the civil servants who are responsible for reporting directly to said Minister of State and what they are responsible for; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24608/14]

Jimmy Deenihan (Kerry North-West Limerick, Fine Gael)
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The legislation, together with the specific sections therein, that refer to the powers delegated to the Minister of State with responsibility for Gaeltacht Affairs are set out in the Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht (Delegation of Ministerial Functions) Order 2013 (Statutory Instrument No. 94 of 2013), which can be accessed on the Irish Statute Book website at . In order to be of assistance to the Deputy, the Schedule contained in that Order is set out in the following table (with Part 1 referring to Acts, Part 2 referring to provisions of Acts and Part 3 referring to Regulations):

SCHEDULE

Part 1

Housing (Gaeltacht) Acts 1929 to 2001

(No. 21 of 1956)

Údarás na Gaeltachta Acts 1979 to 2010

(No. 32 of 2003)

Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs (Powers and Functions) Acts 2003 and 2007

(No. 34 of 2012)

Part 2

Section 5 (in so far as it relates to the functions transferred by the Irish Language, Gaeltacht and the Islands (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order 2011 ( )) of the (No. 7 of 1998)

Cuid VI and Part VIII (in so far as it relates to Cuid VI) of the (No. 1 of 1999)

Section 2 (in so far as it relates to the functions referred to in paragraphs (e), (f) (in so far as it relates to paragraph (e)) and (g) of subsection (1) of that section) of the (No. 32 of 2007)

Section 33(3)(c) of the (No. 30 of 2000)

Part 3

Planning and Development Regulations 2001 to 2012

The Minister of State is assisted in exercising the powers delegated to him under the Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht (Delegation of Ministerial Functions) Order 2013 by 3 senior officers - a Director of Irish and two Principal Officers - to whom responsibility for the performance of the relevant functions has been assigned by the Secretary General of the Department under the Public Service Management Act 1997.