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Education for Persons with Special Educational Needs Act 2004
Amendment of section 7 of Act of 1998.
40.—Section 7 of the Education Act 1998 is amended by inserting the following subsections after subsection (4):
“(5) In carrying out his or her functions in respect of the provision, planning and co-ordination of support services, the Minister may, following consultation with the Minister for Health and Children, request the assistance of a relevant health board.
(6) A health board of which a request under subsection (5) is made shall comply with the request.”.
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Functions transferred and references to Minister for Health construed as Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (1.03.2023) by Specialist Community-Based Disability Services (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order 2022 (S.I. No. 688 of 2022), art. 4(1)(a) and sch. part 1, in operation as per art. 1(2), subject to transitional provisions in arts. 5-9.
4. (1) The functions vested in the Minister for Health -
(a) by or under the enactment specified in Part 1 of the Schedule,
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are transferred to the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth.
(2) References to the Minister for Health contained in any Act or instrument made under such Act, and relating to any relevant function shall, on and after the commencement of this Order, be construed as references to the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth.
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SCHEDULE
Article 4
Part 1
Education for Persons with Special Educational Needs Act 2004 (No. 30 of 2004)
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