Finian McGrath
Question:155. Deputy Finian McGrath asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if the office of the Minister of State has been delegated powers to grant Onshore Exploration Licences. [9326/13]
View answerThursday, 21 February 2013
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The Energy and Natural Resources (Delegation of Ministerial Functions) (No.2) Order 2011, (S.I. 631 of 2011), delegates powers and duties under, inter alia, the Petroleum and Other Minerals Development Act 1960 (No.7 of 1960), to Deputy Fergus O’Dowd, Minister of State at my Department. This delegation confers the power to Minister of State O’Dowd to grant Exploration Licences.
The Deputy will appreciate that in accordance with Section 2(2)(e) of the Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment)(No. 2) Act 1977 every statutory power or duty delegated continues to be vested in the Minister of the Government on whose request the delegation was made.