Denis Naughten (Roscommon-South Leitrim, Fine Gael)
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Question 347: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the number of regulatory impact assessments produced by his Department since the adoption of the policy by Government; the number of appropriate decisions made by his Department which did not include such assessments; the reason for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23902/07]

Séamus Brennan (Dublin South, Fianna Fail)
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My Department has not carried out any regulatory impact assessment since the policy was introduced. The government approved a number of specific actions to be taken in relation to the key recommendations of the Dalton Report which was an independent assessment of certain corporate governance and anti-doping issues affecting Bord Na gCon. No formal regulatory impact assessment was carried out in relation to the drafting of the legislation required to implement these specific recommendations. However, a regulatory impact assessment will be carried out at a future date in the context of the root and branch review of the Greyhound Industry Acts 1958-1993 decided upon by the government with a view to bringing legislation dealing with the greyhound industry into line with best current practice.

In the context of the establishment of an Irish Institute of Sport, Government approved the drafting of legislation as a priority to amend the Irish Sports Council Act 1999 to enable the Irish Sports Council to establish the Institute of Sport and the National Coaching and Training Centre as subsidiaries of the Irish Sports Council. A regulatory impact assessment is currently being prepared for the next stage of the legislative process.