Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

"Iris Oifigiúil" of 30th December, 2014.

I, MICHAEL NOONAN, Minister for Finance, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 1 (3) of the National Treasury Management Agency (Amendment) Act 2014 (No. 23 of 2014), hereby order as follows:

1. This Order may be cited as the National Treasury Management Agency (Amendment) Act 2014 (Commencement) (No. 2) Order 2014.

2. The 22nd day of December 2014 is appointed as the day on which the following provisions of the National Treasury Management Agency (Amendment) Act 2014 (No. 23 of 2014) come into operation:

(a) section 5(1) and Schedule 1, insofar as those provisions relate to the amendments specified in-

(i) items 1, 3, 5, and 7 of Part 3,

(ii) items 2(a), 3, 6, 7(a), 9(a), 10(a) and 12(a) of Part 4,

(iii) item 2 of Part 5, and

(iv) Parts 6 and 9,

of that Schedule,

(b) section 5(2) and Schedule 2, insofar as those provisions relate to the amendments specified in-

(i) items 1(c) and (d) of Part 1,

(ii) item 1(b) of Part 3,

(iii) item 1(b) of Part 5, and

(iv) items 1(b) and 2(a) of Part 6,

of that Schedule,

(c) section 5(3),

(d) Part 2 (other than section 14(b)),

(e) Part 3,

(f) Part 6,

(g) Chapter 3 of Part 7,

(h) Chapter 4 of Part 7, insofar as that Chapter relates to the provisions specified in paragraph (i), and

(i) paragraphs 1 to 9 and 20 to 23 of Schedule 4.

GIVEN under my Official Seal,

18 December 2014.

MICHAEL NOONAN,

Minister for Finance.