Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 16 October 2013
34. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of Bills his Department has published since March 2011; the number of regulatory impact assessments that his Department has published since March 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43818/13]
View answerMy Department has published a total of 12 Bills since March 2011 and these are as follows:
Patents (Amendment) Bill 2011
Competition (Amendment) Bill 2011
Protection of Employees (Temporary Agency Work) Bill 2011
Industrial Relations (Amendment) (No. 3) Bill 2011
Credit Guarantee Bill 2012
Companies (Amendment) Bill 2012
Microenterprise Loan Fund Bill 2012
Industrial Development (Science Foundation Ireland) (Amendment) Bill 2012
Companies Bill 2012
European Union (Accession of the Republic of Croatia) (Access to the Labour Market) Bill 2013
Friendly Societies and Industrial and Provident Societies (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2013
County Enterprise Boards (Dissolution) Bill 2013.
Since March 2011, my Department has published a total of 13 regulatory impact assessments in relation to the following Bills, Acts and EU Directives:
Competition (Amendment) Bill 2011
Protection of Employees (Temporary Agency Work) Bill 2011
Industrial Relations (Amendment) (No. 3) Bill 2011
Credit Guarantee Bill 2012
Microenterprise Loan Fund Bill 2012
Companies Bill 2012
Friendly Societies and Industrial and Provident Societies (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2013
County Enterprise Boards (Dissolution) Bill 2013
Review of the Research Exemption Provision Section 42(g) of the Patents Act 1992
Review of the Patents Act 1992.
Directive 2011/7/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 February 2011 on combating late payment in commercial transactions (Recast)
Transposition of Directive 2011/77/EU on the term of protection of copyright and certain related rights
European Communities (Transnational Information and Consultation of Employees Act 1996) (Amendment) Regulations 2011 (S.I. No. 380 of 2011)
In relation to legislation that is yet to be published, my Department has also published the following regulatory impact assessments:
Workplace Relations Bill
Employment Permits Bill
