Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of 5th February, 2021.

The Government, on the request of the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine and in exercise of the powers conferred on them by section 2 (1) of the Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) (No. 2) Act 1977 (No. 28 of 1977), hereby orders as follows:

1. This Order may be cited as the Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Delegation of Ministerial Functions) Order 2021.

2. The powers (other than the power to prosecute an offence) and duties of the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine conferred on him -

(a) by or under the enactments specified in Part 1 of the Schedule,

(b) under the Regulations made under section 3 of the European Communities Act 1972 (No. 27 of 1972) specified in Part 2 of the Schedule,

are delegated to Pippa Hackett, Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine.

SCHEDULE

Part 1

Destructive Insects and Pests Acts 1958 and 1991

Forestry Acts 1988 to 2020

Subsections (1A) and (1B) of section 14A of the Agriculture Appeals Act 2001 (No. 29 of 2001)

Animal Health and Welfare Acts 2013 and 2019, in so far as they relate to bees

Part 2

European Communities (Marketing of Forest Reproductive Material) Regulations 2002 ( S.I. No. 618 of 2002 )

European Communities (Water Policy) Regulations 2003 ( S.I. No. 722 of 2003 )

European Communities Environmental Objectives (Freshwater Pearl Mussel) Regulations 2009 ( S.I. No. 296 of 2009 )

European Union (Marketing of Vegetable Propagating and Planting Material, Other than Seed) Regulations 2014 ( S.I. No. 152 of 2014 )

European Union (Timber and Timber Products) (Placing on the Market) Regulations 2014 ( S.I. No. 316 of 2014 )

European Union (FLEGT Licensing Scheme for Imports of Timber) Regulations 2015 ( S.I. No. 251 of 2015 )

European Union (Organic Farming) Regulations 2016 ( S.I. No. 683 of 2016 )

European Union (Temporary Increase of Official Controls and Emergency Measures on Imports of Food and Feed of Non-animal Origin) Regulations 2020 ( S.I. No. 9 of 2020 )

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Government,

2 February, 2021.

MICHEÁL MARTIN,

Taoiseach.