Seán Ó Fearghaíl (Kildare South, Fianna Fail)
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736. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht 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. [45802/15]

Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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Since its establishment in June 2011, my Department has published the following Bills:

- Irish Film Board (Amendment) Bill 2011 (since enacted as the Irish Film Board (Amendment) Act 2011);

- Bille na Gaeltachta 2012/Gaeltacht Bill 2012 (since enacted as the Acht na Gaeltachta 2012/Gaeltacht Act 2012);

- Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2012 (since enacted as the Wildlife (Amendment) Act 2012); and

- National Cultural Institutions (National Concert Hall) Bill 2015 (since enacted as the National Cultural Institutions (National Concert Hall) Act 2015).

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 (since enacted as the Houses of the Oireachtas Commission (Amendment) Act 2012).

Regulatory impact assessments were not undertaken in the aforementioned cases as no significant potential impacts were identified in advance of, or in the course of, preparing these Bills for publication.

Work is currently underway in my Department on the following Bills:

- Official Languages (Amendment) Bill

- National Cultural Institutions (No. 1) Bill

- National Cultural Institutions (No. 2) Bill

- Heritage (Amendment) Bill

- Heritage (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill

- National Archives (Amendment) Bill

- National Monuments Bill

It is not envisaged that a regulatory impact assessment will be undertaken in relation to the Official Languages (Amendment) Bill or the National Cultural Institutions Bills as no significant potential impacts have been identified. A regulatory impact assessment in relation to certain provisions to be contained in the Heritage (Amendment) Bill will be considered at a later stage, while it is anticipated that the Heritage (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill, the National Archives (Amendment) Bill and the National Monuments Bill will all be published in tandem with their associated regulatory impact assessments.