Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 22 June 2016
270. Deputy Lisa Chambers asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of occasions in each of the years from 2011 to 2016 to date on which the powers vested in him or any Minister of State in his Department were exercised without any express act of delegation by departmental officials of certain seniority and responsibility, as per the Carltona doctrine. [17478/16]
Amharc ar fhreagraThe Ministers and Secretaries Act 1924 and Public Service Management Act 1997 outline the statutory responsibility of the Secretary General of my Department. Specific responsibilities are also assigned to officers at Assistant Secretary and Principal Officer level within the overall management framework for the Department in accordance with the Public Service Management Act, 1997. These assignments and other powers vested in me can be carried out by officers of the Department on my behalf unless the function is one which can only be exercised by me personally.
My Department does not keep statistical information in respect of each occasion on which powers vested in me are exercised by my officials pursuant to the Carltona Doctrine.
