Written answers
Thursday, 26 March 2015
Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
Legislative Process
Pearse Doherty (Donegal South West, Sinn Fein)
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265. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of pieces of legislation that were submitted for pre-legislative scrutiny by his Department since 2011; his plans to allow pre-legislative scrutiny for any upcoming pieces of legislation from his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12420/15]
Paschal Donohoe (Dublin Central, Fine Gael)
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A list of legislation that was submitted for pre-legislative scrutiny by my Department since 2011 is contained in the table.
| Bill Name | Date | Pre-Legislative Scrutiny |
|---|---|---|
| Road Traffic (No. 2) Act 2011 | Published 16 September 2011 | Pre-legislative scrutiny JOC July 2011 |
| Road Safety Authority (Commercial Vehicle Roadworthiness) Act 2012 | Published 3 April 2012 | Pre-legislative scrutiny by JOC July 2011 as part of Road Traffic (No. 2) Bill 2011 (the original Road Traffic No. 2 Bill 2011 was subsequently split into two Bills) |
| Number 139 of 2013 Merchant Shipping (Registration of Ships) Bill 2013 | Presented 19 December 2013 Published 23 December 2013 | General Scheme of the Bill was sent to the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Transport and Communications on 17 October 2012. |
| Roads Bill 2014 | Initiated in January 2014 | The Bill was subject to the pre-legislative scrutiny procedure in March 2013. |
| Vehicle Clamping Bill 2014 (No. 51 of 2014) | Published June 5th 2014 | Pre-legislative scrutiny was undertaken. Report of the Joint Committee on Environment, Transport, Culture and the Gaeltacht on the Regulation of Vehicle Clamping (March 2012, Prn. A12/0504) |
| State Airports (Shannon Group) Act 2014 (No. 27 of 2014) | enacted on the 27th July 2014. | The bill was subject to the pre-legislative scrutiny procedure |
| No. 85 of 2014 Sport Ireland Bill | Initiated on 26 August 2014 | The Bill went through the pre-legislative scrutiny procedure in the Oireachtas in Q1 2014 |
| Harbours Amendment Bill | Expected publication date Q1 2015 | The bill was subject to the pre-legislative scrutiny procedure in June 2014 |
| Road Traffic Bill 2015 | Expected publication Summer 2015 | Sent to JOC for pre-legislative scrutiny 25 Feb 2015 |
| Public Transport Bill 2015 | Expected publication date Q2 2015 | It is intended that the draft Bill will be sent to Oireachtas Joint Committee on Transport and Communications shortly. |
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