Written answers
Tuesday, 17 June 2008
Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government
Regulatory Impact Analysis
11:00 pm
Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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Question 887: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government 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. [22683/08]
John Gormley (Dublin South East, Green Party)
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Details of the Screening Regulatory Impact Assessments (RIAs) conducted to date by my Department on S.I.s, Bills and EU Directives in the years 2006, 2007 and 2008 are set out in the table below. Reasons for the decisions not to carry out a full Regulatory Impact Assessment are also set out.
Following the Government decision of 21 June 2005, a Regulatory Impact Assessment (RIA) must be applied to:
i. all proposals for primary legislation involving changes to the regulatory framework (subject to some exceptions);
ii. significant Statutory Instruments;
iii. proposals for EU Directives and significant EU regulations when they are published by the European Commission.
| Table â Screening Regulatory Impact Assessments, Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government 2006 to date | |||
| Year | Description | Screening RIA | Reason for not carrying out full RIA |
| 2006 | Waste Management (End-of-Life Vehicles) Regulations 2006 | Yes | Following completion of the Screening RIA, it was not considered that the compliance burden arising from the proposed Regulations was sufficient to merit the preparation of a full RIA. |
| 2006 | Carbon Fund Bill (enacted in 2007) | Yes | Purpose of the Bill was to establish appropriate institutional arrangements for the purchase of carbon credits by the State in the Kyoto Protocol commitment period 2008-2012 and beyond. The screening RIA indicated that there were no significant impacts requiring a full RIA. |
| 2006 | Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill (General Scheme) | Yes | Some elements of General Scheme predated, and others were well advanced, upon the introduction of RIA. |
| 2006 | EU Draft Building (Amendment) Regulations 2006 â Proposed Amendment to Part G (Hygiene) of the Building Regulations | Full RIA undertaken. | â |
| 2006 | Licensing of Indoor Events Regulations 2006 | Full RIA undertaken. | â |
| 2007 | Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and the Council on the banning of exports and the safe storage of metallic mercury | Yes | Following completion of the Screening RIA, the impacts, upon analysis, were not considered sufficiently significant to require a full RIA. |
| 2007 | European Communities (Drinking Water) Regulations 2007 (S.I. No. 106 of 2007) and European Communities (Drinking Water) (No. 2) Regulations 2007 (S.I. No. 278 of 2007) | Yes â one RIA for both | The additional regulatory burden imposed by the Regulations was not considered significant when compared to the 2000 Regulations they replaced. |
| 2007 | Electoral (Amendment) Act 2007 | Yes | Following completion of the Screening RIA, it was not considered that the compliance burden arising from the proposed Regulations was sufficient to merit the preparation of a full RIA. |
| 2007 | Proposed Surface Water Classification Regulations including Environmental Quality Standards | Full RIA undertaken. | â |
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