Josepha Madigan (Dublin Rathdown, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I made brief reference to the various Acts. The Oireachtas Library and Research Service's spotlight report on this issue mentions that while there is no single approach to undertaking post-enactment scrutiny, there is some consensus that its primary purpose is to ascertain whether the legislation, which is usually an Act, has achieved the original policy objectives. The report also highlights that it may be inappropriate to carry out post-enactment scrutiny until a substantive period has passed and that such periods may justifiably differ depending on the Acts involved. This means that it may take longer in some instances, depending on the particular Act, for the post-enactment report to be compiled. Some have said that it is likely to be in part related to the short one-year timeframe.

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