Written answers

Thursday, 2 March 2017

Department of Health

Legislative Process RIA

Photo of Niall CollinsNiall Collins (Limerick County, Fianna Fail)
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264. To ask the Minister for Health the legislative proposals published by his Department between 2011 to 2016 that underwent a regulatory impact assessment; the legislative proposals published by his Department that did not undergo a regulatory impact assessment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11154/17]

Photo of Niall CollinsNiall Collins (Limerick County, Fianna Fail)
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265. To ask the Minister for Health if regulatory impact assessments for legislative proposals published by his Department include impacts (details supplied); the impact categories not included; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11169/17]

Photo of Simon HarrisSimon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 264 and 265 together.

Bills published between 2011 and 2016 are shown in the following table.

Bills published between 2011 and 2016
Public Health (Tobacco) (Amendment) Bill 2011
Medical Practitioners (Amendment) Bill 2011
Health (Provision of General Practitioner Services) Bill 2011
Health Insurance (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2011
Clotting Factor Concentrates and Other Biological Products Bill 2012
Health (Pricing and Supply of Medical Goods) Bill 2012
Health Service Executive (Governance) Bill 2012
Health and Social Care Professionals (Amendment) Bill 2012
Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2012
Public Health (Tobacco) (Amendment) Bill 2013
Health (Alteration of Criteria for Eligibility) Bill 2013
Health (Amendment) Bill 2013
Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013
Health (Alteration of Criteria for Eligibility) (No. 2) Bill 2013
Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2013
Health Identifiers Bill 2013
Health Service Executive (Financial Matters) Bill 2013
Public Health (Sunbeds) Bill 2013
Health (General Practitioner Service) Bill 2014
Public Health (Standardised Packaging of Tobacco) Bill 2014
Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014
Medical Practitioners (Amendment) Bill 2014
Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2014
Misuse of Drugs (Amendment) Bill 2015
Health (General Practitioner Service) Bill 2015
Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015
Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2015
Misuse of Drugs (Amendment) Bill 2016
Health (Amendment) Bill 2016
Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2016
Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2016

RIAs were published for the following Bills:

- Health (Pricing and Supply of Medical Goods) Bill 2012

- Public Health (Sunbeds) Bill 2013

- Public Health (Standardised Packing of Tobacco) Bill 2014

- Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015

A RIA was also published for the General Scheme of the Health Information and Patient Safety Bill in November 2015.

The Deputy will appreciate that for various reasons a RIA was not always necessary in regard to the Bills published during this time period, for example a number of Bills made technical amendments to existing legislation, dealt with urgent matters or implemented budgetary measures. In these cases a RIA was not carried out.

When carrying out RIAs for legislative proposals my Department takes account of the RIA Guidelines as issued by the Department of the Taoiseach. The approach taken is dependent on the nature of the proposal and the extent to which particular impacts are relevant.

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