Written answers
Wednesday, 28 November 2007
Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
Regulatory Impact Assessments
8:00 pm
Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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Question 109: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of regulatory impact assessments that have been carried out in the past two years; if he will provide a list of same; the number that were published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27146/07]
Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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The number of Regulatory Impact Assessments carried out by my Department are set out on the attached tabular statement.
| Title of RIA | Was RIA published? Yes / No | If not published, why not? | Any Additional Information |
| An Assessment of the Increase in the Minimum Wage Recommended by the Labour Court in 2006 | No | ESRI report was circulated to Social Partners. | A full impact assessment was undertaken by the ESRI on the proposed increases in the National Minimum Wage contained in S.I. No. 667 of 2006 — National Minimum Wage Act 2000 (National Minimum Hourly Rate of Pay) Order 2006. |
| Employment Law Compliance Bill 2007 | A Screening Regulatory Impact Analysis was undertaken by the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment and will be published as part of the Explanatory and Financial Memorandum to the Bill to be initiated in Dail or Seanad Eireann as soon as it is drafted and approved by the Government. The Bill is intended to secure better compliance with employment law in accordance with provisions of PART 2 — Sections 11 to 16 of "TOWARDS 2016" (THE 10-YEAR FRAMEWORK SOCIAL PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT 2006-2015). | ||
| RIA: Safety, Healthand Welfare at Work (Construction) Regulations 2006 | Yes | ||
| RIA: Safety, Health and Welfare at Work (General Applications) Regulations 2007 | Yes | ||
| RIA for the draft scheme of a Chemicals Regulation and Enforcement Bill | Yes published on Department's website for consultation between the 19.10.07 and 16.11.07 | ||
| SI 577 of 2007 — European Communities (Ecodesign Requirements for Certain Energy-using Products) Regulations 2007. In line with Government policy, a Screening RIA was undertaken on Regulations to implement Directive 2005/32/EC establishing a framework for the setting of ecodesign requirements for energy-using products (EUP). This Directive is a Framework Directive which specifies the framework within which detailed measures (referred to as implementing measures) setting ecodesign requirements for specific energy-using products will be brought forward by the Commission. It also provides that three existing Directives, which had already been implemented in national law, are to be implementing measures for the purposes of the Energy-using Products Directive. | No | A screening RIA conducted on the proposed draft Regulations concluded that there was no need to undertake a full RIA as the purpose of the new legislation was to consolidate three existing Regulations and to establish a national framework for future implementing measures proposed by the EU Commission. These new implementing measures, which will set out the eco-design requirements for specific energy-using products, will be subject to the regulatory impact assessment process. |
| Title of RIA | Was RIA published?Yes / No | If not published, why not? | Any Additional Information |
| A screening RIA was carried out on the Control of Exports Bill 2007 and is available for download from the Department's website | Yes | NA | NA |
| Services Directive, | No | Work is ongoing as this RIA has just commenced recently. | NA |
| Screening RIA-General Scheme of Companies Consolidation and Reform Bill | Yes | The Screening RIA is set out in Chapter 4 of the CLRG Report on the General Scheme of the Companies Consolidation and Reform Bill 2007 | |
| Report on Directors' Compliance Statement 2005 | Yes | Section 45 of the Companies (Auditing and Accounting Act) 2003 | |
| A draft screening RIA was undertaken in the context of the negotiation of Directive 2007/36/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council ("Shareholder's Rights Directive"). | No | Draft Screening RIA only | |
| Investment Funds, Companies and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2006 | No | While a formal RIA was not undertaken, all appropriate considerations arising were brought to the attention of Government relating to each of the provisions contained in the Act. | |
| Consumer Protection (National Consumer Agency) Bill 2006 Screening Regulatory Impact Analysis | Yes | The Department is currently conducting a limited regulatory impact analysis in relation to certain aspects of sections 48 and 49 of the Consumer Protection Act 2007. | |
| Competition (Amendment) Act 2006. | No | A formal RIA was not undertaken on the Competition (Amendment) Act 2006. Consideration of the issues giving rise to this Act were in train prior to the Government's decision of June 2005 relating to Regulatory Impact Analysis. On the 8th November, 2005 "The Restrictive Practices (Groceries) Order 1987 — A Review & Report of the Public Consultation Process" was published. This report is based on an evaluation and assessment of over 560 submissions received following a public consultation announced on 19 May 2005. The Report is also based on the Department's research and examination of the issues involved. |
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