Niall Collins (Limerick, Fianna Fail)
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To ask the Minister for Defence the number of regulatory impact assessments that have been carried out by his Department in the past twelve months; and the list of regulatory impact assessments carried out within his Department in the past twelve months. [57757/12]

Alan Shatter (Dublin South, Fine Gael)
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There have been no Regulatory Impact Assessments carried out by my Department in the past twelve months. The Department of Defence is not a regulatory authority as commonly understood. The Defence Acts and Regulations made thereunder are for the most part, focused on the Defence Forces only and do not apply to the ordinary citizen or to business. Notwithstanding this, the Department applies the principles set out in the Regulatory Impact Assessment (RIA) Guidelines issued by the Department of the Taoiseach where appropriate.