Paschal Donohoe (Dublin Central, Fine Gael)
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The VAT Consolidation Act 2010 was undertaken as part of Revenue’s business plan, therefore the staff internally worked on the consolidation (primarily one Assistant Principal). The duration of the project was six months and it was enacted and published on 23 November 2010.

The Customs Act 2015 was undertaken as a stand-alone project within the Revenue Commissioners, which was more than just a statutory consolidation of the national customs legislation, being also a modernisation and restructuring of the legislation, some of it dating back over 130 years to 1876.

The Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman Act 2017 merged the offices of the Pensions Ombudsman and the Financial Services Ombudsman into a single office which provides a one stop shop for people with unresolved complaints against financial service and pension providers.  However, this legislation was motivated by the amalgamation of the offices rather than a desire to amalgamate or consolidate the legislation.

Work is ongoing on the preparation of a draft Central Bank Consolidation Bill. A tender was awarded to Matheson to assist the Department in the process. The tender was awarded for a fixed fee of €100,000, however, no monies have been paid to date.

This response relates only to legislation which was prepared by the Department for the specific purpose of either the consolidation or amalgamation of legislation. It does not address legislation that may have amended existing legislation, which inherently tends to include some element of amalgamation.