Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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Question 195: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the occasions on which he did not carry out any form of regulatory impact analysis on statutory instruments, Bills and EU directives for the years 2006, 2007 and to date in 2008; the reason for this decision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23865/08]

Batt O'Keeffe (Cork North West, Fianna Fail)
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On the 21st June 2005 the Government decided that Regulatory Impact Analysis (RIA) should be introduced across all Government Departments and Offices. RIAs must be conducted on:

1. all proposals for primary legislation involving changes to the regulatory framework (subject to some exceptions)

2. significant Statutory Instruments

3. proposals for EU Directives and significant EU regulations when they are published by the European Commission.

Regulatory Impact Analysis was not conducted in relation to 13 Statutory Instruments made in the years 2006, 2007 and 2008. In each case, the statutory instruments were of a technical nature to which the principles of RIA — consideration of the need to make the statutory instrument, the possibility of an alternative, non-legislative approach etc. did not apply.

The matters addressed included the commencement of certain statutory provisions or provide the establishment day for statutory bodies; the appointment or removal of officers under certain statutory powers; and the delegation by Government of powers from the Minister to a Minister of State.

The Statutory Instruments in question are as follows:

Education Act 1998 (Publication of Inspection Reports on Schools and Centres for Education) Regulations 2006 (S.I. 49/2006, PRN. A6/0100)

Education (Former Residents of Certain Institutions for Children) Finance Board (Establishment Day) Order 2006 (S.I. 77/2006)

Teaching Council Act 2001 (Commencement) Order 2006 (S.I. 184/2006)

Teaching Council Act 2001 (Establishment Day) Order 2006 (S.I. 185/2006)

Grangegorman Development Agency Act 2005 (Establishment Day) Order 2006 (S.I. 252/2006)

Education and Science (Delegation of Ministerial Functions) Order 2006 (S.I. 533/2006)

Institutes of Technology Act 2006 (Commencement) Order 2007 (S.I. 36/2007, Prn. A7/0102)

Education and Science (Delegation of Ministerial Functions) Order 2007 (S.I. 101/2007, Prn. A7/0354)

Qualifications (Education and Training) Act 1999 (Section 31) Regulations 2007 (S.I. 571/2007, Prn. A7/1513)

Appointment of Special Adviser (Department of Education and Science) Order 2007 (S.I. 585/2007, Prn. A7/1552)

Education and Science (Delegation of Ministerial Functions) (No. 2) Order 2007 (S.I. 638/2007, Prn. A7/1701)

Youth Work Act 2001 (Prescribed National Representative Youth Work Organisation) Regulations 2008 (S.I. 131/2008, Prn. A8/0588)

Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse Act 2000 (Section 5) (Specified Period) Order 2008 (S.I. 155/2008, Prn. A8/0692)