Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Act, 1956

In short

This law provides for the creation of a new government department called the Department of the Gaeltacht. Its main purpose is to support the cultural, social, and economic well-being of Irish-speaking areas and promote the Irish language.

What it regulates

The establishment of the Department of the Gaeltacht.
The definition of "the Gaeltacht" as specific Irish-speaking areas and contiguous areas.
The functions of the Department of the Gaeltacht, including promoting welfare and the Irish language.
The application of existing laws to the new Department and its Minister.

Who it concerns

The Government, which can define Gaeltacht areas and appoint a day for the Department's establishment.
The Department of the Gaeltacht and its Minister.
Residents of areas designated as the Gaeltacht.

Key points

The Government can set an "appointed day" for the Act to take effect.
The Gaeltacht will include areas determined by Government order to be substantially Irish-speaking and contiguous areas.
The Department of the Gaeltacht's functions include promoting cultural, social, and economic welfare, and encouraging the preservation and extension of Irish as a vernacular language.
The Minister in charge of this Department will be known as the Minister for the Gaeltacht.

Legal text

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(1)For the purposes of this Act the Gaeltacht shall comprise the areas for the time being determined to be Gaeltacht areas by order under this section.

(2)The Government may from time to time by order determine to be Gaeltacht areas specified areas, being substantially Irish-speaking areas and areas contiguous thereto which, in the opinion of the Government, ought to be included in the Gaeltacht with a view to preserving and extending the use of Irish as a vernacular language.

(3)The Government may by order revoke or amend any order under this section.

(4)Every order under this section shall be laid before each House of the Oireachtas as soon as may be after it is made and if a resolution annulling the order is passed by either such House within the next subsequent twenty-one days on which that House has sat after the order is laid before it, the order shall be annulled accordingly but without prejudice to the validity of anything previously done under the order. The Department of the Gaeltacht. 3.—

(1)On the appointed day a Department of State to be styled and known as the Department of the Gaeltacht shall stand established.

(2)It shall be the function of the Department of the Gaeltacht to promote the cultural, social and economic welfare of the Gaeltacht; to encourage the preservation and extension of the use of Irish as a vernacular language; and, to such extent as may be necessary or appropriate, to consult and advise with other Departments of State in respect of services administered by such Departments which affect the cultural, social or economic welfare of the Gaeltacht or which concern the national aim of restoring the Irish language.

(3)The member of the Government who is in charge of the Department of the Gaeltacht shall be styled and known as the Minister for the Gaeltacht.

(4)The Ministers and Secretaries Acts, 1924 to 1946 and the Documentary Evidence Act, 1925 (No. 24 of 1925), shall apply to the Department of the Gaeltacht and the member of the Government who is in charge thereof as if that Department had been established by section 1 of the Ministers and Secretaries Act, 1924 (No. 16 of 1924).

(5)For the purposes of subsection

(1)of section 6 of the Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Act, 1939 (No. 36 of 1939), the Department of the Gaeltacht and the office of Minister for the Gaeltacht shall be deemed to have been established immediately upon the passing of this Act, but any order which is made, in relation to that Department or that Minister, under the said subsection

(1)before the appointed day shall not be expressed to come into operation on a date earlier than the appointed day. Short title, construction and citation. 4.—

(1)This Act may be cited as the Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Act, 1956.

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