Written answers
Tuesday, 17 June 2008
Department of Transport
Regulatory Impact Analysis
11:00 pm
Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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Question 423: To ask the Minister for Transport the occasions on which his Department has carried out a screening regulatory impact analysis on Statutory Instruments, Bills and EU Directives in the years 2006, 2007 and to date in 2008; the occasions on which they have subsequently decided not to carry out a full regulatory impact analysis; the reason this decision was made in each case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22690/08]
Noel Dempsey (Meath West, Fianna Fail)
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The information requested by the Deputy is contained in the table below.
| SI/Bills/EU Directive/Regulations | Reason (if no full RIA carried out) |
| Regulation (EC) No. 1107/2006 of the Council and of the European Parliament concerning the rights of disabled persons and persons with reduced mobility when travelling by air. | A full RIA was not carried out as the screening RIA did not identify any significant impacts. |
| Dublin Transport Authority Bill | A full RIA was not carried out as the Screening RIA did not suggest that the factors which the RIA Guidelines indicate would provide the basis for conducting a full RIA were applicable in this instance. |
| Roads Act 2007 | Low/positive impacts under all criteria for full RIA. |
| Road Traffic Act 2007 | The Screening RIA indicated that there were no significant negative impacts. |
| Harbours (Amendment) Bill 2008 | Given the contents of the draft Bill and the fact that it derives largely from the 2005 Ports Policy Statement, it was considered that the level of detail afforded by a screening RIA was more appropriate than that associated with a full RIA in this matter. |
| Merchant Shipping (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2008 | Screening RIA's were carried out for both maritime safety proposals (domestic passenger and cargo vessels) and the disability access proposals. The proposed primary legislation only contains enabling provisions and therefore there are no significant impacts on the industry. |
| Road Vehicles (Registration and Licensing) (Amendment) Regulations 2008 | Full RIA not required as SI which provides for technical adjustment to allow for acceptance of declarations associated with notices on the transfer of vehicle ownership by motor dealers in electronic form is relatively minor in scope and will have a significant positive impact for the user community. |
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