Written answers
Thursday, 17 December 2015
Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
Legislative Process RIA
Seán Ó Fearghaíl (Kildare South, Fianna Fail)
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213. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of Bills his Department has published since 9 March 2011; the number and Titles 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 he will make a statement on the matter. [45811/15]
Richard Bruton (Dublin North Central, Fine Gael)
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The total numbers of Bills published by my Department since 9 March 2011, including those with regulatory impact assessments published are as follows:
Bills published since 9 March 2011
| Title of Bill | Regulatory Impact Assessment undertaken in advance of publication of Bill | Regulatory Impact Assessment published |
|---|---|---|
| Patents (Amendment) Bill 2011 | Yes | Yes |
| Competition (Amendment) Bill 2011 | Yes | Yes |
| Protection of Employees (Temporary Agency Work) Bill 2011 | Yes | |
| Industrial Relations (Amendment) (No. 3) Bill 2011 | Yes | |
| Credit Guarantee Bill 2012 | Yes | Yes |
| Companies (Amendment) Bill 2012 | This Act provided for the extension of the US GAAP provision in the Companies (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2009 A regulatory impact analysis was prepared and published, in respect of the 2009 Act. That analysis showed that, in essence, the proposed amendments in relation to the use of US GAAP were facilitative rather than impositional in nature and were likely to prove of national economic benefit. As the provisions in the 2012 Act only related to the time available to companies to use this facility a regulatory impact analysis was not considered necessary in relation to the 2012 Act. | |
| Microenterprise Loan Fund Bill 2012 | Yes | Yes |
| Industrial Development (Science Foundation Ireland) (Amendment) Bill 2012 | ||
| Companies Bill 2012 | Yes | Yes |
| Friendly Societies and Industrial Provident Societies (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2013 | Yes | Yes |
| European Union (Accession of the Republic of Croatia) (Access to the Labour Market) Bill 2013 | ||
| County Enterprise Boards (Dissolution) Bill 2013 | Yes | Yes |
| Companies Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2013 | Yes | Yes A regulatory impact analysis was published with the Bill. This Act made provision for some measures that were considered sufficiently urgent to be enacted in advance of what would become the Companies Act 2014. These included greater flexibility for examinership for small companies and measures concerning corporate enforcement and audit oversight. |
| Consumer Protection and Competition Bill 2014 | Yes | Yes |
| Employment Permits (Amendment) Bill 2014 | Yes | Yes |
| Workplace Relations Bill 2014 | Yes | Yes |
| Intellectual Property (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014 | Yes | Yes |
| Industrial Development (Forfás Dissolution) Bill 2013 | No | No |
| National Minimum Wage (Low Pay Commission) Bill 2015 | Yes | Yes |
| Industrial Relations (Amendment) Bill 2015 | ||
| Credit Guarantee (Amendment) Bill 2015 | Yes | Yes (included RIA Supplementary material following Committee Stage amendments) |
Unpublished Bills – Section A Bills for Current Dáil Session
| Title of Bill | Regulatory Impact Assessment undertaken in advance of publication of Bill | Regulatory Impact Assessment published |
|---|---|---|
| Companies (Accounting) Bill | Yes | A RIA will be published with the Bill |
| Hallmarking (Amendment) Bill | Yes | A RIA will be published with the Bill |
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