Niall Collins (Limerick County, Fianna Fail)
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381. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the legislative proposals published by her Department between 2011 to 2016 that underwent a regulatory impact assessment; the legislative proposals published by her Department that did not undergo a regulatory impact assessment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11147/17]

Katherine Zappone (Dublin South West, Independent)
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A Regulatory Impact Analysis was published in respect of the following Bills:

Child and Family Agency Bill 2013

Children First Bill 2014

Children (Amendment) Bill 2015

Adoption (Amendment) Bill 2016

Adoption (Information and Tracing) Bill 2016

In respect of the Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2015, a Regulatory Impact Analysis was prepared and submitted to Government but not published on publication of the Bill. My Department is currently arranging for publication of the relevant Regulatory Impact Assessment on the Department's website. In addition, the following three Bills were published without an associated Regulatory Impact Analysis:

31st Amendment to the Constitution (Children) Bill 2012

Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2013

Adoption (Amendment) Bill 2013

Both the Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2013 and the Adoption (Amendment) Bill 2013 were published as emergency legislation.

Niall Collins (Limerick County, Fianna Fail)
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382. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if regulatory impact assessments for legislative proposals published by her Department include impacts (details supplied); the impact categories not included; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11162/17]

Katherine Zappone (Dublin South West, Independent)
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Regulatory Impact Analyses were published by my Department in respect of the Child and Family Agency Bill 2013, the Children First Bill 2014, the Children (Amendment) Bill 2015, the Adoption (Amendment) Bill 2016 and the Adoption (Information and Tracing) Bill 2016.

In respect of the Child and Family Agency Bill 2013, impacts were assessed in respect of a number of matters in the Regulatory Impact Analysis including competitiveness and industry costs and it was found that there was no direct impact relating to these issues.

In respect of the Children (Amendment) Bill 2015, impacts were assessed in respect of a number of matters in the Regulatory Impact Analysis including north-south or east-west relations, employment, gender equality, people with disabilities, industry costs or rural communities and it was found that there was no direct impact relating to these issues. TheRegulatory Impact Analysis also considered the impact on persons experiencing or at risk of poverty or social exclusion. It was considered that the Bill would have a beneficial impact in respect of children from socially excluded groups or communities as many of the children in contact with the criminal justice system are from such groups or communities and the Bill included provision for preventing the progression of children into the adult prison system to the greatest degree possible.

The Regulatory Impact Analyses in respect of the Children First Bill 2014, the Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2015 the Children (Amendment) Bill 2015, the Adoption (Amendment) Bill 2016 and the Adoption (Information and Tracing) Bill 2016 did not assess impacts under the various categories referred to by the Deputy.