Niall Collins (Limerick County, Fianna Fail)
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172. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht 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. [11146/17]

Niall Collins (Limerick County, Fianna Fail)
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173. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht 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. [11161/17]

Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 172 and 173 together.

As I informed the House in my response to Parliamentary Question No. 284 of 23 February, my Department carried out Regulatory Impact Assessments in respect of the Amendment of the National Archives Act 1986 (October 2014) and the Implementation of De-designation Proposals of the Review of Raised Bog Natural Heritage Area Network under the Wildlife (Amendment) Bill (July 2016).

The Regulatory Impact Assessments carried out in respect of these, including details of impacts, are available at:

www.ahrrga.gov.ie/app/uploads/2017/02/regulatory-impact-analysis-20-year-rule.pdf and www.ahrrga.gov.ie/app/uploads/2016/08/review-of-raised-bog-nha-network-ria-2016.pdf

Regulatory impact assessments were not undertaken in the following cases:

- 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).

- Heritage Bill 2016.

Finally, the European Communities (Bird and Natural Habitats) Regulations were introduced in 2011. These Regulations consolidated and updated the European Communities (Natural Habitats) Regulations of 1997 to comprehend both existing amendments to the Regulations, as well as rulings by the European Court of Justice in relation to a number of provisions under the EU Birds and Habitats Directives. As neither the EU Directives nor the Regulations introduced new provisions, the draft Regulations of 2011 did not undergo a formal Regulatory Impact Analysis. My Department, did, however, consult widely on the draft Regulations, including all Government Department, bodies under their aegis, and relevant statutory bodies.