Written answers
Thursday, 10 October 2019
Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
Legislative Measures
Shane Cassells (Meath West, Fianna Fail)
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115. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number, date of publication and details of post enactment reports published by his Department since March 2011, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41570/19]
Shane Cassells (Meath West, Fianna Fail)
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116. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of acts passed since March 2011 that his Department is responsible for; the date each act was signed into law; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41586/19]
Paschal Donohoe (Dublin Central, Fine Gael)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 115 and 116 together.
The information requested by the Deputy on the Acts passed since 2011 and the dates of enactment is set out in the following table.
| Name of Act | Date of Enactment |
|---|---|
| Data Sharing and Governance Act 2019 | 4 March 2019 |
| Houses of the Oireachtas Commission (Amendment) Act 2018 | 27 December 2018 |
| Public Service Superannuation (Age of Retirement) Act 2018 | 26 December 2018 |
| Appropriation Act 2018 | 20 December 2018 |
| Appropriation Act 2017 | 18 December 2017 |
| Public Service Pay and Pensions Act 2017 | 16 December 2017 |
| National Shared Services Office Act 2017 | 26 July 2017 |
| Ministers and Secretaries Act 2017 | 19 July 2017 |
| Statute Law Revision Act 2016 | 26 December 2016 |
| Appropriation Act 2016 | 20 December 2016 |
| Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Act 2015 | 27 November 2015 |
| Houses of the Oireachtas Commission (Amendment) Act 2015 | 24 December 2015 |
| Appropriation Act 2015 | 16 December 2015 |
| Houses of the Oireachtas (Appointments of Certain Officers) Act 2015 | 15 October 2015 |
| Statute Law Revision Act 2015 | 18 July 2015 |
| Valuation (Amendment) Act 2015 | 23 April 2015 |
| Regulation of Lobbying Act 2015 | 11 March 2015 |
| Appropriation Act 2014 | 19 December 2014 |
| Freedom of Information Act 2014 | 14 October 2014 |
| Protected Disclosures Act 2014 | 8 July 2014 |
| Oireachtas (Ministerial and Parliamentary Officer) (Amendment) Act 2014 | 12 April 2014 |
| Public Service Management (Recruitment and Appointments) (Amendment) Act 2013 | 24 December 2013 |
| Appropriation Act 2013 | 20 December 2013 |
| Construction Contracts Act 2013 | 29 July 2013 |
| Houses of the Oireachtas (Inquiries, Privileges and Procedures) Act 2013 | 24 July 2013 |
| Ministers and Secretaries Act 2013 | 23 July 2013 |
| Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Act 2013 | 5 June 2013 |
| National Lottery Act 2013 | 14 May 2013 |
| Houses of the Oireachtas (Amendment) (No.2) Act 2012 | 26 December 2012 |
| Appropriation Act 2012 | 21 December 2012 |
| Ombudsman (Amendment) Act 2012 | 31 October 2012 |
| Public Service Pensions (Single Scheme and other provisions) Act 2012 | 28 July 2012 |
| Statute Law Revision Act 2012 | 2 July 2012 |
| Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Act 2011 | 19 December 2011 |
| Appropriation Act 2011 | 19 December 2011 |
| Ministers and Secretaries Act 2011 | 4 July 2011 |
The position in terms of post enactment reports varies according to the nature of the legislation in question. For example:
- The Appropriation Act is an annual Act required to provide authorisation in law for all the expenditure that has been undertaken in a given year on the basis of the Estimates and to provide legal basis for spending to continue in the year following;
- The FEMPI legislation makes provision for the Minister to submit annual reports by the end of June each year on the findings of a review of the operation, effectiveness and impact of the legislation and reports have been submitted to the Oireachtas from 2010 to 2019;
- The Statute Law Revision Acts 2012-2016 were commenced in full on enactment and their sole purpose was to repeal archaic pre-independence legislation. As such, there is nothing to review, as the Acts do not “operate” in a meaningful sense. Their entire purpose of repealing other legislation was fulfilled on the day of enactment;
- The Houses of the Oireachtas (Inquiries, Privileges and Procedures) Act 2013 was commenced in full on 25th September 2013. The Oireachtas has reviewed the Act by way of Volume II of the Report of the Banking Inquiry;
- The Protected Disclosures Act 2014 was commenced in full on 15thJuly 2014 and, as mandated by Section 2, the first statutory review of the Act’s operation has been published and can be accessed at the following link: ; and
- The Regulation of Lobbying Act 2015 provided that the Minister would commence a review of the operation of the Act 12 months after enactment, and make a report to each House of the Oireachtas. The first review of the Act was submitted to the Oireachtas and published in April 2017, further details are available at the following link: .
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