Written answers
Thursday, 17 December 2015
Department of Defence
Legislative Process RIA
Seán Ó Fearghaíl (Kildare South, Fianna Fail)
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298. To ask the Minister for Defence the number of Bills his 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 he will make a statement on the matter. [45805/15]
Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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My Department has published the following Bills since 9 March 2011:
1.Defence (Amendment) Act 2011;
2. Civil Defence Act 2012;
3. Defence Forces (Second World War Amnesty and Immunity) Act 2012;
4. Defence (Amendment) Act 2015.
The following proposed Bills are included in the current Government Legislation Programme:
1.Defence Forces (Forensic Evidence) Bill;
2. Red Cross Bill;
3. Defence (Amendment) Bill;
4. Defence (Amendment) (Discipline) Bill.
In general, legislation emanating from the Department of Defence is focused on the Defence Forces only and does not apply to the ordinary citizen or to business. For this reason, it was considered that a formal regulatory impact assessment was not needed in relation to legislation produced by this Department since March 2011. Notwithstanding this, my Department applies the principles set out in the Regulatory Impact Assessment (RIA) Guidelines issued by the Department of the Taoiseach where appropriate.
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