Peadar Tóibín (Meath West, Aontú)
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789. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the details of the process through which his Department drafts and produces legislation; if his Department outsources the drafting of legislation; if so, the Bills for which the drafting was outsourced since he took office; and the costs associated with the drafting of each Bill. [14415/21]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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Bills from my Department are drafted by the Office of Parliamentary Counsel on foot of a general scheme prepared by the Department which has been approved by Government. Once drafting of a Bill has been completed, approval is sought from Government for the publication of the Bill and its introduction to the Houses of the Oireachtas.

The preparation of secondary legislation is carried out as required by officials of the Department.

Since taking office, my Department has not outsourced the drafting of any legislation.