Written answers
Wednesday, 14 January 2015
Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
Legislative Programme
Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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221. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide in tabular form the number, name and date of bills initiated in his Department that have been subject to the pre-legislative scrutiny procedure in the Oireachtas. [1819/15]
Brendan Howlin (Wexford, Labour)
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In response to the Deputy’s question the following table outlines the Bills initiated in my Department that have been subject to the pre-legislative scrutiny procedure in the Oireachtas:
Bills initiated by the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
| Number | Name | Purpose | Subject to Pre-Legislative Scrutiny | Reason why no Pre-Legislative Scrutiny took place |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. 39 of 2012 | Statute Law Revision Bill 2012 (Subsequently Passed 2 July 2012) | Repeals spent and obsolete statutes enacted prior to 6 December 1922 | N/a | Bill was introduced prior to the introduction of Pre-Legislative Scrutiny Process |
| Not Enacted yet Bill No. 75 of 2012 | Valuation (Amendment) (No.2) Bill 2012 | To accelerate the National Revaluation Programme and update valuation legislation. | No | Bill was introduced prior to the introduction of Pre-Legislative Scrutiny Process |
| No. 33 of 2013 | Houses of the Oireachtas (Inquiries, Privileges and Procedures) Act 2013 | To provide for the exercise by either House or both Houses of the Oireachtas (or by a Committee of either House or both Houses) of a power to conduct an inquiry into specified matters, to provide for matters relating to compellability, privilege and procedure in the Houses (and in Committees of either House or both Houses), and to provide for related matters. | Yes | |
| No. 47 of 2013 | Public Sector Management (Recruitment and Appointment) (Amendment) Act 2013 | To enable the redeployment of members of staff in the Civil Service and certain other sectors of the Public Service to other positions in the Public Service (whether the Civil Service or other foregoing sectors); to provide for regulations concerning sick leave in the Public Service; for that purpose to amend the Public Service Management (Recruitment and Appointments) Act 2004, and to provide for related matters. | No | Bill was introduced prior to the introduction of Pre-Legislative Scrutiny Process |
| No. 30 of 2014 | Freedom of Information Act 2014 | Reform of Freedom of Information | Yes | |
| Not Enacted yet Bill No. 59 of 2014 | Registration of Lobbying Bill 2014 | To provide for establishing and maintaining a register of persons who carry on lobbying activities; to provide for a code of conduct/ to amend the Ethics in Public Office Act 1995; and to provide for related matters | Yes | |
| Not Enacted yet Bill No. 75 of 2014 | Houses of the Oireachtas (Appointments to Certain Offices) Bill 2014 | To amend and extend the Staff of the Houses of the Oireachtas Act 1959 and the Houses of the Oireachtas Commission Act 2003 and to provide for related matters | Yes |
Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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222. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide in tabular form the number, name and date of Bills initiated in his Department since September 2013. [1834/15]
Brendan Howlin (Wexford, Labour)
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In response to the Deputy's question the following table outlines all Department and Public Expenditure Bills enacted since September 2013, including those published but not yet enacted:
Department of Public Expenditure and Reform Bills enacted since September 2013
| Name | Enacted | Purpose |
|---|---|---|
| Appropriation Act 2013 | 20/12/2013 (No. 43 of 2013) | To appropriate to the proper supply services and purposes sums granted by the Central Fund (Permanent Provisions) Act 1965, to make provision in relation to deferred surrender to the Central Fund of certain undischarged appropriations by reference to the capital supply services and purposes as provided for by section 91 of the Finance Act 2004 and, for the purpose of maintaining a sufficient amount of moneys in the paymaster general's supply account so as to enable the discharge of particular liabilities, to make provision for repayable advances from the Central Fund |
| Public Service Management (Recruitment & Appointments)(Amendment) Act 2013 | 24/12/2013 (No. 47 of 2013) | To enable the redeployment of members of staff in the civil service and certain other sectors of the public service to other positions in the public service (whether the civil service or other foregoing sectors); for that purpose to amend the Public Service Management (Recruitment and Appointments) Act 2004, and to provide for related matters |
| Oireachtas (Ministerial and Parliamentary Offices) (Amendment) Act 2014 | 12/04/2014 (No. 6 of 2014) | To amend and extend the Ministerial and Parliamentary Offices Act 1938 and to provide for related matters |
| Protected Disclosures Bill 2013 | 08/07/2014 (No. 14 of 2014) Published 03/07/2013 | To make provision for and in connection with the protection of persons from the taking of action against them in respect of the making of certain disclosures in the public interest and for connected purposes. |
| Freedom of Information Act 2014 | 14/10/2014 (30 of 2014) Published 24/07/2013 | Bill entitled an Act to enable members of the public to obtain access, to the greatest extent possible consistent with the public interest and the right to privacy, to information in the possession of public bodies, other bodies in receipt of funding from the State and certain other bodies and to enable persons to have personal information relating to them in the possession of such bodies corrected and, accordingly, to provide for a right of access to records held by such bodies, for necessary exceptions to that right and for assistance to persons to enable them to exercise it, to provide for the independent review both of decisions of such bodies relating to that right and of the operation of this Act generally (including the proceedings of such bodies pursuant to this Act) and, for those purposes, to provide for the continuance of the Office of Information Commissioner and to define its functions, to provide for the publication by such bodies of certain information about them relevant to the purposes of this Act, to repeal the Freedom of Information Act 1997 and the Freedom of Information (Amendment) Act 2003, to amend the Central Bank Act 1942, to amend the Official Secrets Act 1963, to repeal certain other enactments, and to provide for related matters |
| Appropriation Act 2014 | 19/12/2014 (No. 112 of 2014) | To appropriate to the proper supply services and purposes sums granted by the Central Fund (Permanent Provisions) Act 1965, to make provision in relation to deferred surrender to the Central Fund of certain undischarged appropriations by reference to the capital supply services and purposes as provided for by section 91 of the Finance Act 2004 and, for the purpose of maintaining a sufficient amount of moneys in the Paymaster General's supply account so as to enable the discharge of particular liabilities, to make provision for repayable advances from the Central Fund, and to provide for related matters |
| Name | Published | Purpose |
|---|---|---|
| Valuation (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2012 | Published 01/08/2012 | To amend the Valuation Act 2001 and to provide for self-assessment by occupiers of the valuation of certain premises, to provide for other matters relating to property and to provide for related matters |
| Registration of Lobbying Bill 2014 | Published 20/06/2014 | To provide for establishing and maintaining a register of persons who carry on lobbying activities; to provide for a code of conduct relating to carrying on lobbying activities; to impose restrictions on involvement in lobbying by certain former designated public officials; to amend the Ethics in Public Office Act 1995; and to provide for related matters |
| Houses of the Oireachtas (Appointments to Certain Offices) Bill | Published 17 July 2014 | To amend and extend the Staff of the Houses of the Oireachtas Act 1959 and the Houses of the Oireachtas Commission Act 2003 and to provide for related matters |
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