Written answers

Tuesday, 16 January 2018

Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation

Legislative Programme

Photo of Imelda MunsterImelda Munster (Louth, Sinn Fein)
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640. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the projects undertaken to consolidate or amalgamate existing legislation, including the cost, the duration, the number of staff required and if this process was carried out by her Department or outsourced in each of the years 2007 to 2017 and to date in 2018, in tabular form. [1558/18]

Photo of Heather HumphreysHeather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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Details of the projects undertaken to consolidate or amalgamate legislation in the period in question are set out in the following table.

Project Cost Date/Duration Number of Staff InvolvedOutsourced Yes/No
Unofficial consolidation of the Patents Act, 1992.Staff time spent on producing the consolidations has not been costed.Unofficial consolidations were produced in 2012, 2014, 2015 and 2017 as a consequence of amendments to the Act 2 No
Unofficial consolidation of the Trade Marks Act 1996.Staff time spent on producing the consolidations has not been costed. Unofficial consolidations were produced in 2007, 2014 and 2016 as a consequence of amendments to the 1996 Act2 No
Unofficial consolidation of the Trade Marks Rules 1996.Staff time spent on producing the consolidations has not been costed. Unofficial consolidations were produced in 2007, 2010, 2012, 2015  and 2016 as a consequence of amendments to 1996 Rules2 No
Unofficial consolidation of the Patents Rules 1996.Staff time spent on producing the consolidations has not been costed. Unofficial consolidations were produced in 2008, 2009, 2011 ,2012 2015, 2016 and 2017 as a consequence of amendments to 1996 Rules2 No
Unofficial consolidation of the Copyright and Related Rights Act, 2000Staff time spent on producing the consolidations has not been costed. Unofficial consolidations were produced in 2007, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014 and 2016 as a consequence of amendments to the 2000 Act.2 No
Consolidation and reform of company law culminating in the Companies Act 2014.It is not possible to estimate the staff cost accurately as varying numbers of staff worked on the project over its duration, and the project was not their sole function.  2000-2014 It is not possible to give a definite figure. The Companies Act 2014 is the largest Act in the history of the State and was a long-term project.  The Bill was advanced by a team within the Company Law Unit of the Department with input, as appropriate, from other company law staff as well as the Department’s company law bodies.



Formal drafting of the Bill was undertaken by the Office of Parliamentary Counsel.
No
Competition and Consumer Protection Act 2014Staff time spent dealing with this piece of legislation (in addition to performing other duties).2008-2014 Approximately 4 on this project (in addition to performing other duties). No

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