E5

All acts done, or purporting to have been done, by the Minister for Further Education, Research, Innovation and Science in performing the functions of the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment under section between 1 January 2021 and 15 April 2024, and which otherwise would be invalid, confirmed as valid and effectual for all purposes (1.08.2024) by Research and Innovation Act 2024 (15/2024), s. 71(1), S.I. No. 373 of 2024, subject to reservation for constitutional rights in subs. (2).

E6

Previous affecting provision: functions transferred and references to "the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment" construed as references to "the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science" (16.04.2024) by Science Foundation Ireland (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order 2024 (S.I. No. 186 of 2024), arts. 2, 3, subject to transitional provisions in arts. 4-8; section repealed (1.08.2024) as per F-Note above.