Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of 1st August, 2017.

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 Social Protection (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister) Order 2017.

(2) This Order comes into operation on 2 September 2017.

2. The name of the Department of State, the present name of which is, in the Irish language, an Roinn Coimirce Sóisialaí and, in the English language, the Department of Social Protection, is altered, in the Irish language, to that of an Roinn Gnóthaí Fostaíochta agus Coimirce Sóisialaí and, in the English language, to that of the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection.

3. The title of the Minister having charge of the Department of State, whose present title is, in the Irish language, an tAire Coimirce Sóisialaí and, in the English language, Minister for Social Protection, is altered, in the Irish language, to that of an tAire Gnóthaí Fostaíochta agus Coimirce Sóisialaí and, in the English language, to that of the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection.

4. In any enactment or any instrument made under an enactment—

(a) references to the Department of Social Protection shall be construed as references to the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection, and

(b) references to the Minister for Social Protection shall be construed as references to the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection.

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Government,

26 July 2017.

LEO VARADKAR,

Taoiseach.