S.I. No. 185/1984:

NATIONAL SOCIAL SERVICE BOARD ACT, 1984 (ESTABLISHMENT DAY) ORDER, 1984.

NATIONAL SOCIAL SERVICE BOARD ACT, 1984 (ESTABLISHMENT DAY) ORDER, 1984.

The Minister for Health, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 2 of the National Social Service Board Act, 1984 (No. 2 of 1984) hereby orders and appoints as follows:

1. This Order may be cited as the National Social Service Board Act, 1984 (Establishment Day) Order, 1984.

2. The 19th day of July, 1984 shall be the establishment day for the purposes of the National Social Service Board Act, 1984 .

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for Health, this

19th day of July, 1984.

BARRY DESMOND,

Minister for Helath.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

The effect of the Order is to establish under the National Social Service Board Act, 1984 , a body to be known as the National Social Service Board which will advise the Minister for Health on the development of social services and will promote greater accessibility co-ordination and public awareness of social services as well as performing certain other functions in relation to social services including the encouragement of the spread in local communities of knowledge and advice in relation to social services and the promotion of the establishment and development of voluntary social services in such communities and to provide for connected matters.