Joanna Tuffy (Dublin Mid West, Labour)
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524. To ask the Minister for Defence if he will provide an update on all Regulatory Impact Statements carried out on Bills in his Department since this Government took office to date; if he will list these Bills in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41591/13]

Alan Shatter (Dublin South, Fine Gael)
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There have been no Regulatory Impact Assessments carried out by my Department since this Government took office to date. 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.