Roderic O'Gorman (Dublin West, Green Party)
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194. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment on the general scheme and regulatory impact assessment of the air pollution Act (amendment) Bill 2024 will undergo pre-legislative scrutiny; when that will take place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13428/25]

Darragh O'Brien (Dublin Fingal East, Fianna Fail)
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On 22 April 2024 the Government approved the drafting of a Bill to amend the Air Pollution Act, 1987.

The General Scheme and regulatory impact assessment were published on 8 August 2024 and are available to download at: www.gov.ie/en/publication/abad8-general-scheme-and-regulatory-impact-assessment-of-air-pollution-act-amendment-bill-2024/

My Department requested pre-legislative scrutiny of the Bill in July 2024. On 24 September 2024 the Committee on Environment and Climate Action agreed that it would not undertake pre-legislative scrutiny on this occasion, particularly given the importance of the Bill.Officials from my Department have been working with the Office of Parliamentary Counsel and the Attorney General's Office on the drafting of the Bill and it is expected that it will be published in the coming weeks.