Seán Ó Fearghaíl (Kildare South, Fianna Fail)
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543. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of Bills her Department has published since 9 March 2011; the number and Title of those Bills that included a regulatory impact assessment in advance of publication; the regulatory impact assessments published; the number of promised Bills for publication; the Bills that will include a regulatory impact assessment; the regulatory impact assessments that will be published before publication of the relevant Bill; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45806/15]

Jan O'Sullivan (Limerick City, Labour)
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My Department has published 9 bills since 9 March 2011.

Six of those bills included a regulatory impact assessment (RIA). The titles of those bills are as follows:

1. Qualifications and Quality Assurance (Education and Training) Bill 2011 – A RIA was published with the Bill and is available on my Department's Website;

2. Education (Amendment) Bill 2012 – A RIA was completed in December 2011 and published on my Department's website;

3. Education and Training Boards Bill 2012 – A RIA for this Bill was completed in 2012 and was published on my Department's website;

4. Teaching Council (Amendment) Act 2015 – A screening RIA was completed prior to publication of the Bill and was published along with the Bill;

5. The Education (Admissions to Schools) Bill 2015 – A RIA for this Bill was completed in advance of publication of the Bill and was made available on my Department's website; and

6. The Technological Universities Bill 2015 – A RIA was carried out in conjunction with the drafting of the Bill and will be made available on my Department's website.

There are two other Bills currently being drafted in the Office of Parliamentary Counsel. These are the Retention of Certain Records Bill and the Universities (Amendment) Bill. No RIA will be published with these Bills as they do not have an impact on the regulatory environment.