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Postal and Telecommunications Services Act 1983
Appointment of interim postal and telecommunications boards.
50.—(1) As soon as may be after the passing of this Act the Minister shall appoint an interim board for each company which shall be entitled, respectively, An Bord Poist or, in the English language, the Interim Postal Board and An Bord Telecom or, in the English language, the Interim Telecommunications Board.
(2) The Interim Board for a company shall have the following functions—
(a) to prepare for the assumption of the powers, duties and responsibilities to be assigned on the vesting day to that company under this Act,
(b) to perform at the request of the Minister any of the functions to be assigned under this Act to that company.
(3) An Interim Board shall consist of such number of members not exceeding 12 as the Minister may decide.
(4) (a) The Minister shall appoint to be a member of the Interim Postal Board—
(i) the person who was appointed by him on the nomination of staff organisations as a member of the Interim Board for Posts (An Bord Poist) which was established by the Minister before the passing of this Act, and
(ii) the postmaster who was appointed by him as a member of that Interim Board for Posts.
(b) The Minister shall appoint to be a member of the Interim Telecommunications Board each person who was appointed by him on the nomination of staff organizations as a member of the Interim Board for Telecommunications (An Bord Telecom) which was established by the Minister before the passing of this Act.
(5) While the appointment of a member of an Interim Board may be made without limit as to time, a member shall, unless his membership earlier ceases by death, resignation or termination, cease to be a member on the vesting day.
(6) An Interim Board may settle its own rules of procedure.
(7) A person who is, for the time being, entitled under the Standing Orders of either House of the Oireachtas to sit therein as a member or who is a member of the Assembly of the European Communities shall, while he is so entitled or is such a member, be disqualified from becoming a member of an Interim Board or a member of the staff of an Interim Board.
(8) A member of an Interim Board who is nominated as a member of Seanad Éireann or as a candidate for election to either House of the Oireachtas or to the Assembly of the European Communities or is appointed to such Assembly shall thereupon cease to be a member of the Interim Board.
(9) A member of an Interim Board may resign his office by letter addressed to the Minister and the resignation shall take effect on the date of receipt of the letter by the Minister.
(10) The Minister may remove a member of an Interim Board from office.
(11) The remuneration of members of an Interim Board shall be determined by the Minister with the consent of the Minister for the Public Service and shall not be less than that paid to them as members of the Interim Board for Posts (An Bord Poist) or the Interim Board for Telecommunications (An Bord Telecom) established by the Minister before the passing of this Act.
(12) Expenses incurred by an Interim Board shall form part of the expenses of the Minister in the administration of this Act.
(13) The accounts of an Interim Board shall be kept in such form as may be required by the Minister, with the consent of the Minister for Finance, and shall be audited by the Comptroller and Auditor General.
(14) Each Interim Board shall stand dissolved on the vesting day and its rights and liabilities shall stand transferred to the appropriate company on that day.
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C42
Functions transferred and references to Minister for Finance construed as Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (29.07.2011) by Finance (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order 2011 (S.I. No. 418 of 2011), arts. 3, 5 and sch. 1 part 2, in operation as per art. 1(2).
3. The functions conferred on the Minister for Finance by or under the provisions of —
(a) the enactments specified in Schedule 1, and
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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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(3) |
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No. 24 of 1983 |
Postal and Telecommunications Services Act 1983 |
Sections 3, 10(3)(d), 11, 16(2), 26, 32, 33, 50, 51 and 110 |
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The history of the Ministers concerned with Finance aspects of the Postal and Telecommunications Services Act 1983 can be traced as follows:
• Functions transferred and title of Minister for Finance changed to Public Expenditure and Reform (29.07.2011) by Finance (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order 2011 (S.I. No. 418 of 2025);
• Title of Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform changed to Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform (1.02.2023) by Public Expenditure and Reform (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister) Order 2023 (S.I. No. 19 of 2023), in operation as per art. 1(2);
• Title of Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform changed to Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation (5.06.2025) by Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister) Order 2025 (S.I. No. 243 of 2025).
C43
Functions transferred and references to Minister for Public Service construed as Finance (19.03.1987) by Public Service (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order 1987 (S.I. No. 81 of 1987), art. 4(1)(a), (2) and sch., subject to transitional provisions in arts. 5-9.
4. (1) The functions vested in the Minister for the Public Service—
(a) by or under the Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Act, 1973 (No. 14 of 1973), or the statutes mentioned in the Schedule to this Order, and
(b) by virtue of the Public Service (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order, 1973 (S.I. No. 294 of 1973),
are hereby transferred to the Minister for Finance.
(2) References to the Minister for the Public Service contained in any Act or instrument made thereunder and relating to any functions transferred by this Article shall, on and after the commencement of this Order, be construed as references to the Minister for Finance.
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SCHEDULE
Acts, functions under which are transferred to the Minister for Finance
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Postal and Telecommunications Services Act, 1983 (No. 24 of 1983);
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