Written answers
Thursday, 9 June 2016
Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
Legislative Programme
Paul Murphy (Dublin South West, Anti-Austerity Alliance)
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109. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the Bills he will reinitiate relevant to his Department from the previous Dáil; the Bills he will introduce in the coming sessions; when he will introduce each Bill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15201/16]
Paschal Donohoe (Dublin Central, Fine Gael)
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In response to the Deputy's question the table outlines the list of all Bills I intend to re-initiate relevant to my Department from the previous Dáil and a provisional timescale for each:
Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
Intended legislation to be introduced in the current Dáil Session
| Title | Purpose | Status of Bill |
|---|---|---|
| Public Sector Standards Bill 2015 | To significantly enhance the existing framework for identifying, disclosing and managing conflicts of interest and minimising corruption risks, and ensures the institutional framework for oversight, investigation and enforcement is robust and effective. This Bill gives effect to the recommendations of the Tribunals. | Published on 23 December 2015. Pre-legislative scrutiny has taken place. Completed Second Stage in the Dáil on 20th January 2016. |
| Data Sharing and Governance Bill | To create a general legal framework setting for Public Service Bodies to share data, while respecting the Data Protection Acts. To specify transparency and governance measures to be applied. To create confidence to act, while respecting the constraints on processing of personal data. | Heads of the Bill were approved by Government on 7th July, 2015. Legal drafting of the Bill is expected to be completed during the Autumn session. The draft legislation will be submitted for pre-legislative scrutiny during the Autumn session. |
| Statute Law Revision Bill 2016 | To repeal spent and obsolete legislation enacted by the Oireachtas between 1922 and 1950, resulting in a significant reduction in the size of the Statute Book for that period; to facilitate the process of regulatory reform. | Published in the Seanad on 25th January 2016. Pre-legislative scrutiny of Bills of this nature may not be necessary. |
| Civil Service Regulation (Amendment) Bill 2016 | Legislative amendment will facilitate the streamlining and strengthening of the civil service disciplinary decision making and appeals processes and the realisation of the commitment in the Civil Service Renewal Plan (Action 11.3) to strengthen the Disciplinary Code to enable managers to take effective and decisive action as required to tackle underperformance, including exit. | Government Decision of 7th of July 2015 to amend the Civil Service Regulation Acts 1956 - 2006 and the Public Service Management Act 1997 to provide that disciplinary action up to and including dismissal can be delegated below the level of the Head of the Organisation/ Appropriate Authority. |
| An Bille fán Oifig Náisiúnta um Sheirbhísí Comhroinnte, 2016 National Shared Services Office Bill 2016 | To establish the National Shared Services Office as a separate office under the aegis of the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform. The purpose of this legislation is to create a formal and lasting structure to lead Civil Service Shared Services, which meets the requirements of international best practice in this area. | Bill approved by Government on 26th January 2016. Published, 29th January 2016. The Bill made it on to the Order Paper dated 2 February but then fell with the order paper by virtue of the election being called. |
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