Written answers
Wednesday, 15 September 2021
Department of Finance
Legislative Process
Ivana Bacik (Dublin Bay South, Labour)
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282. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of Bills prepared by his Department since 27 June 2020; the number and title of those Bills that included a Regulatory Impact Assessments; the title of the regulatory impact assessments that have been published by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43706/21]
Paschal Donohoe (Dublin Central, Fine Gael)
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Please see attached tables in relation to Bills published since 27 June 2020 which were sponsored by my Department, along with details in relation to accompanying Regulatory Impact Assessments (‘RIAs’). There are 9 Bills in the list. RIAs were published on the Department’s website in respect of 2 of those Bills. Screening RIAs were also prepared in respect of a number of the Bills, and these were circulated to cabinet members along with the Memorandum for Government.
| Title of Bill Published | Date of Bill Published | Title of RIA if one was published | Further details |
|---|---|---|---|
| Finance (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2020 | 18 November 2020 | Screening Regulatory Impact Analysis Finance (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2020 November 2020 was circulated along with the Memo for Cabinet. | |
| Consumer Protection (Regulation of Retail Credit and Credit Servicing Firms) Bill 2021 | 6 July 2021 | Regulatory Impact Analysis (RIA) in relation to the Consumer Protection (Regulation of Retail Credit and Credit Servicing Firms Bill) 2021 | Published on the Department’s website on 6 July 2021 |
| General Scheme Consumer Credit (Amendment) Bill 2021 | 19 July 2021 | Consumer Credit (Amendment) Bill 2021 - Regulatory Impact Analysis | Published on 19 July 2021 on the Department’s website |
| Finance (European Stability Mechanism and Single Resolution) Bill 2021 | 31 August 2021 | There will be no regulatory impacts arising from this legislation and therefore it was not necessary to conduct a Regulatory Impact Assessment. | |
| Investment Limited Partnership (Amendment) Bill 2020 | 21 September 2020 | A Screening RIA accompanied the Memo to Government and was circulated to all departments via eCabinet, with a return date of cob Thursday 10th Sept 2020 | |
| Finance (Local Property Tax) (Amendment) Bill 2021 | 7 July 2021 | Finance (Local Property Tax) (Amendment) Bill 2021 Regulatory Impact Analysis was circulated to cabinet members (annexed to Memo for Govt.) on 1 June 2021 | |
| Finance (Covid-19 and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021 | 22 June 2021 | ||
| Financial Provisions (Covid-19) (No. 2) Bill 2020 | 23 July 2020 | ||
| Finance Bill 2020 | 22 October 2020 | The Cabinet handbook sets out the requirement in respect of RIAs. Section 4.12 provides that normal instructions for Bills do not apply to the Finance Bill among other pieces of legislation. |
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