Written answers

Thursday, 19 December 2013

Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht

Legislative Process RIA

Photo of Lucinda CreightonLucinda Creighton (Dublin South East, Independent)
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196. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the total number of bills that have been published by his Department since he was appointed Minister; the number and Title of those bills that included a regulatory impact assessment in advance of publication; the regulatory impact assessments published; the total number of promised bills for publication; if he will list the bills that will include a regulatory impact assessment; the regulatory impact assessments that will be published before publication of the bill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55122/13]

Photo of Jimmy DeenihanJimmy Deenihan (Kerry North-West Limerick, Fine Gael)
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Since my appointment as Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, my Department has published the following Bills:

Irish Film Board (Amendment) Bill 2011;

Bille na Gaeltachta 2012/Gaeltacht Bill 2012; and

Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2012

In addition, my Department and the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform worked together on the publication of the Houses of the Oireachtas Commission (Amendment) Bill 2012.

I am advised that regulatory impact assessments were not undertaken in these cases as no significant potential impacts were identified in advance of, or in the course of, preparing these Bills for publication.

Furthermore, the following Bills are expected to be published by my Department next year:

Heritage (Amendment) Bill;

National Cultural Institutions Bill;

Official Languages (Amendment) Bill; and

National Monuments Bill.

I am advised that it is not proposed to undertake regulatory impact assessments in relation to the first three of the Bills listed above as no significant potential impacts have been identified. A regulatory impact assessment was undertaken in the course of preparing the National Monuments Bill. I intend to publish it at the same time as the Bill itself is published.

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