Child and Family Agency Act 2013

Inhalt

1. Art. 1 Short title and commencement
2. Art. 2 Interpretation
3. Art. 3 Expenses
4. Art. 4 Regulations
5. Art. 5 Repeals
6. Art. 6 Establishment day
7. Art. 7 Establishment of Child and Family Agency
8. Art. 8 Functions of Agency
9. Art. 9 Best interests and views of the child
10. Art. 10 Agreements between Agency and public bodies concerning performance of functions
11. Art. 11 Informal arrangements between Agency and public bodies concerning performance of functions
12. Art. 12 Seal of Agency
13. Art. 13 Annual report
14. Art. 14 Duty of Agency to furnish information
15. Art. 15 Requirement to furnish information and documents
16. Art. 16 Minister may share information and documents in certain circumstances
17. Art. 17 Use of information and documents
18. Art. 18 Saver
19. Art. 19 Membership of Board of Agency
20. Art. 20 Filling of casual vacancies
21. Art. 21 Role of Board
22. Art. 22 Meetings of Board
23. Art. 23 Conditions of office
24. Art. 24 Removal of all members of the Board from office
25. Art. 25 Committees of Board
26. Art. 26 Membership of either House of Oireachtas, European Parliament or local authority
27. Art. 27 Remuneration and expenses of the members of the Board and committees
28. Art. 28 Appointment of chief executive officer
29. Art. 29 Functions of chief executive officer and their performance by deputy
30. Art. 30 Delegation of functions by chief executive officer
31. Art. 31 Effect of delegation and sub-delegation of functions
32. Art. 32 Certificate evidence concerning delegation of functions
33. Art. 33 Accountability of chief executive officer to Committee of Public Accounts
34. Art. 34 Accountability of chief executive officer to other Oireachtas Committees
35. Art. 35 Disqualification resulting from membership of either House of the Oireachtas, European Parliament or local authority
36. Art. 36 Standards of integrity
37. Art. 37 Codes of conduct
38. Art. 38 Availability of codes of conduct
39. Art. 39 Gifts
40. Art. 40 Unauthorised disclosure of confidential information
41. Art. 41 Performance framework
42. Art. 42 Corporate plan of Agency
43. Art. 43 Publication of approved corporate plan
44. Art. 44 Annual performance statement
45. Art. 45 Determination by Minister of net expenditure limits for Agency
46. Art. 46 Business plan
47. Art. 47 Power of Minister to give direction to Agency
48. Art. 48 Power of Minister to issue guidelines to Agency
49. Art. 49 Permission of Minister needed for major capital spending
50. Art. 50 Code of governance
51. Art. 51 Accounts of Agency
52. Art. 52 Advances by Minister to Agency
53. Art. 53 Employees of Agency
54. Art. 54 Superannuation
55. Art. 55 Consultants and advisers
56. Art. 56 Arrangements with service providers
57. Art. 57 Provision of services by statutory body
58. Art. 58 Particular arrangements — special care and residential places
59. Art. 59 Supplemental service
60. Art. 60 Definitions (Part 9)
61. Art. 61 Persons who may make complaints
62. Art. 62 Time limit for making complaints
63. Art. 63 Matters excluded from right to complain
64. Art. 64 Complaint and review procedures to be established
65. Art. 65 Refusal to investigate or further investigate complaints
66. Art. 66 Restriction on type of recommendations complaints officers may make and power to suspend implementation of recommendations
67. Art. 67 Adherence to complaint and review procedures to be condition of arrangements with service providers
68. Art. 68 Regulations for the purposes of this Part
69. Art. 69 Referral of complaints to Ombudsman or Ombudsman for Children
70. Art. 70 Annual report to include report on complaints and reviews
71. Art. 71 Dissolution of Family Support Agency and National Educational Welfare Board
72. Art. 72 Transfer of functions to Agency
73. Art. 73 Transfer of members of staff of dissolved bodies
74. Art. 74 Property and rights and liabilities of dissolved bodies
75. Art. 75 Preservation of contracts made by dissolved bodies
76. Art. 76 Records of dissolved bodies
77. Art. 77 Liability for loss occurring before establishment day
78. Art. 78 References to dissolved bodies in enactments made before establishment day
79. Art. 79 Final accounts of dissolved bodies
80. Art. 80 Final annual report of dissolved bodies
81. Art. 81 Transitional provisions consequent upon transfer of functions of dissolved bodies
82. Art. 82 Transfer of certain functions of Health Service Executive
83. Art. 83 Transfer of certain employees of Health Service Executive
84. Art. 84 Land and other property of Health Service Executive
85. Art. 85 Transfer of rights and liabilities of Health Service Executive
86. Art. 86 Preservation of contracts of Health Service Executive
87. Art. 87 Records of Health Service Executive
88. Art. 88 Pending legal proceedings — Health Service Executive
89. Art. 89 Continuation of delegations and sub-delegations made under Health Act 2004
90. Art. 90 References to Health Service Executive in enactments made before establishment day
91. Art. 91 Transitional provisions consequent upon transfer of certain functions of Health Service Executive
92. Art. 92 Amendment of Child Care Act 1991
93. Art. 93 Continuation of appointments, designations and authorisations
94. Art. 94 Agency’s discretion to publish other reports
95. Art. 95 Charges in relation to functions
96. Art. 96 Amendment of the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997
97. Art. 97 Consequential amendments of other Acts