Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

"Iris Oifigiúil" of 27th December, 2013.

The Government, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by section 6 (1) of the Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Act 1939 (No. 36 of 1939), hereby order as follows:

1. (1) This Order may be cited as the Public Expenditure and Reform (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order 2013.

(2) This Order comes into operation on 10 December 2013.

2. (1) The administration and business in connection with the exercise, performance or execution of any functions transferred by this Order are transferred to the Department of Finance.

(2) References to the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform contained in any Act or instrument made under an Act and relating to the administration and business transferred by paragraph (1) shall, from the commencement of this Order, be construed as references to the Department of Finance.

3. The functions conferred on the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform by or under subparagraphs (i) and (ii) of section 9 (1)(a) of the Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Act 2011 (No. 10 of 2011) are transferred to the Minister for Finance, in so far as those functions relate to-

(a) the appointment, and terms and conditions of service, of the following:

(i) a member of the Central Bank Commission under section 18CA(1)(b) (inserted by section 14 (1) of the Central Bank Reform Act 2010 (No. 23 of 2010) ("Act of 2010")) or section 28 (as amended by section 14(1) of the Act of 2010) of the Central Bank Act 1942 (No. 22 of 1942) ("Act of 1942");

(ii) a Head of Function of the Central Bank appointed by the Commission under section 23B(1) (inserted by section 14(1) of the Act of 2010) of the Act of 1942;

(iii) an acting Head of Function of the Central Bank appointed by the Governor under section 23D(1) (inserted by section 14(1) of the Act of 2010) of the Act of 1942;

(iv) a member of staff of Investor Compensation Company Limited;

(v) a member of staff of the Financial Services Ombudsman’s Bureau under section 57BN (inserted by section 16 of the Central Bank and Financial Services Authority of Ireland Act 2004 (No. 21 of 2004)) of the Act of 1942;

(vi) a Registrar of Credit Unions under section 33X(4) (inserted by section 26 of the Central Bank and Financial Services Authority of Ireland Act 2003 (No. 12 of 2003)) of the Act of 1942;

(vii) an acting Registrar of Credit Unions under section 33Y(2) of the Act of 1942,

(b) the approval of-

(i) a superannuation scheme established under section 33AG(2) (inserted by section 26 of the Central Bank and Financial Services Authority of Ireland Act 2003 (No. 12 of 2003)) of the Act of 1942 in respect of persons mentioned in subsection (1) of that section;

(ii) a merger of a staff superannuation scheme mentioned in clause (i) with a staff superannuation scheme continued by section 33AH (inserted by section 26 of the Central Bank and Financial Services Authority of Ireland Act 2003 (No. 12 of 2003)) of the Act of 1942, under subsection (3) of that section,

or

(c) a determination that a trust fund established for the purposes of a staff superannuation scheme established under section 33AG, or continued in being under section 33AH, of the Act of 1942 is to be public funds for the purposes of the Superannuation Act 1892 under section 33AI(2) (inserted by section 26 of the Central Bank and Financial Services Authority of Ireland Act 2003 (No. 12 of 2003)) of the Act of 1942.

4. References to the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform contained in any Act or instrument made under an Act and relating to any functions transferred by this Order shall, from the commencement of this Order, be construed as references to the Minister for Finance.

5. Where, immediately before the commencement of this Order, any legal proceedings are pending to which the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform is a party and the proceedings have reference to functions transferred by this Order, the name of the Minister for Finance shall be substituted for the name of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform in those proceedings and the proceedings shall not abate by reason of such substitution.

6. Anything commenced but not completed before the commencement of this Order by or under the authority of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform may, in so far as it relates to functions transferred by this Order, be carried on and completed by the Minister for Finance.

7. Every document (including any certificate or licence) granted or made in exercise of a function transferred by this Order shall, if and in so far as it was operative immediately before the commencement of this Order, have effect from such commencement as if it had been granted or made by the Minister for Finance.

8. A reference to the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform contained in any memorandum and articles of association of any company and relating to any function transferred by this Order shall, from the commencement of this Order, be construed as a reference to the Minister for Finance.

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Government,

10 December 2013.

ENDA KENNY,

Taoiseach.