Ombudsman Act 1980
Staff of the Ombudsman.
10.—F20[(1) (a) The power of appointing a person to be an officer or servant of the Ombudsman shall be vested in the Ombudsman.
(b) The Minister for Finance shall from time to time determine the number of officers and servants appointed to the Office of the Ombudsman and all such officers and servants shall hold office on such terms and conditions as the Minister for Finance shall determine.]
(2) Officers and servants of the Ombudsman shall be civil servants in the Civil Service of the State.
(3) The Ombudsman may delegate to any of his officers any of his functions under this Act save those conferred by subsections (5) and (7) of section 6 of this Act or by this section.
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Annotations
Amendments:
F20
Substituted (4.07.2006) by Civil Service Regulation (Amendment) Act 2005 (18/2005), s. 20, S.I. No. 363 of 2006.
F21
Deleted (31.10.2012, 30.04.2013) by Ombudsman (Amendment) Act 2012 (38/2012), s. 14, in effect as per s. 1(3).
Modifications (not altering text):
C23
Functions transferred and reference to Minister for Finance construed (29.07.2011) by Finance (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order 2011 (S.I. No. 418 of 2011), arts. 2, 3, 5 and sch. 1 part 2, in effect as per art. 1(2), subject to transitional provisions in arts. 6-9.
2. (1) The administration and business in connection with the performance of any functions transferred by this Order are transferred to the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform.
(2) References to the Department of Finance contained in any Act or instrument made thereunder and relating to the administration and business transferred by paragraph (1) shall, on and after the commencement of this Order, be construed as references to the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform.
3. The functions conferred on the Minister for Finance by or under the provisions of —
(a) the enactments specified in Schedule 1, and
(b) the statutory instruments specified in Schedule 2,
are transferred to the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform.
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5. References to the Minister for Finance contained in any Act or instrument 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 Public Expenditure and Reform.
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Schedule 1
Enactments
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Part 2
1922 to 2011 Enactments
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Number and Year |
Short Title |
Provision |
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(2) |
(3) |
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No. 26 of 1980 |
Ombudsman Act 1980 |
The whole Act |
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Editorial Notes:
E22
Previous affecting provision: delegation of ministerial powers under section ceased (4.07.2006) by Civil Service Regulation (Amendment) Act 2005 (18/2005), ss. 14, S.I. No. 363 of 2006, subject to transitional provisions in s. 15.
E23
Previous affecting provision: subs. (4) amended (6.10.2004) by Public Service Management (Recruitment and Appointments) Act 2004 (33/2004), s. 61(1) and sch. 2 part 1, commenced on enactment; deleted (31.10.2012, 30.04.2013) as per F-note above.