one of the Houses of the Irish Parliament; and
(c) Any such person not being the head of an Irish Department
shall hold office as an Irish Minister during the pleasure
of the Lord Lieutenant in the same manner as the head of an
Irish Department holds his office.
(5) The persons who are Irish Ministers for the time being shall be an
Executive Committee of the Privy Council of Ireland (in this Act
referred to as the "Executive Committee"), to aid and advise the Lord
Lieutenant in the exercise of his executive power in relation to Irish
services.
(6) For the purposes of this Act, "Irish services" are all public
services in connexion with the administration of the civil government
of Ireland except the administration of matters with respect to which
the Irish Parliament have no power to make laws, including in the
exception all public services in connexion with the administration of
the reserved matters (in this Act referred to as "reserved services").
[Sidenote: Future transfer of certain reserved services.]
5.--(1) The public services in connexion with the administration of the
Acts relating to the Royal Irish Constabulary and the management and
control of that force, shall by virtue of this Act be transferred from
the Government of the United Kingdom to the Irish Government on the
expiration of a period of six years from the appointed day and those
public services shall then cease to be reserved services and become
Irish services.
(2) If a resolution is passed by both Houses of the Irish Parliament
providing for the transfer from the Government of the United Kingdom to
the Irish Government of the following reserved services, namely--
(a) All public services in connexion with the administration of
the Old Age Pensions Acts, 1908 and 1911; or
(b) All public services in connexion with the administration of
Part I. of the National Insurance Act, 1911; or
(c) All public services in connexion with the administration of
Part II. of the National Insurance Act, 1911, and the Labour
Exchanges Act, 1909; or
(d) All public services in connexion with the administration of
Post Office Savings Banks, Trustee Savings Banks, and
Friendly Societies;
the public services to which the resolution relates shall be
transferred accordingly as from a date fixed by the resolution, being a
date not less than a year after the date on
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