77.— The Act of 1997 is amended—

(a) in subsection (1) (inserted by section 50(c)(i) of the Act of 2001) of section 17, by the insertion of “by the Minister for Finance with the approval of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform” after “therefor”,

(b) in subsection (1) of section 19, by the substitution of “shall be made by the Minister for Finance, with the approval of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform,” for “shall be made by the Minister for Finance”, and

(c) in paragraph (c) (amended by section 50(e)(ii) of the Act of 2001) of subsection (1) of section 21, by the substitution of “shall be made by the Minister for Finance, with the approval of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform,” for “shall be made by the Minister for Finance”.