Legislative Measures

Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 5 November 2014

Wednesday, 5 November 2014

Questions (88)

Peadar Tóibín

Question:

88. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will list, in tabular form, all Bills introduced by his Department between 2009 and to date in 2014; if each of these Bills was drafted by civil servants, or a legislative drafter with a public sector short-term contract, or where the Bill was outsourced to a legislative drafter-legal professional; and if he will also provide in tabular form a list of the professional fees attributable to the outsourcing of legislative drafting between 2009 and to date, including the invoice amount and the name of the company or person who provided the service. [42441/14]

Written answers

Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation

The following is the list of all Bills introduced by my Department between 2009 and 31st October 2014

Bills Published 1 st January 2009 – 31 st December 2009

Title of Bill	Bill drafted by Civil Servant/Office of the Parliamentary Counsel
Companies (Amendment) Bill 2009	Drafted by Office of the Parliamentary Counsel
Companies (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2009	Drafted by Office of the Parliamentary Counsel
Industrial Relations (Amendment) Bill 2009	Drafted by Office of the Parliamentary Counsel
Employment Agency Regulation Bill 2009	Bill drafted by Civil Servants in consultation with Office of the Parliamentary Counsel

Bills Published 1 st January 2010 – 31 st December 2010

Title of Bill	Bill drafted by Civil Servant/Office of the Parliamentary Counsel
Competition (Amendment) Bill 2010	Drafted by Office of the Parliamentary Counsel
Chemicals (Amendment) Bill 2010	Bill drafted by Civil Servants in consultation with Office of the Parliamentary Counsel

Bills Published 1 st January 2011 – 31 st December 2011

Title of Bill	Bill drafted by Civil Servant/Office of the Parliamentary Counsel
Competition (Amendment) Bill 2011	Drafted by Office of the Parliamentary Counsel
Industrial Relations (Amendment) (No. 3) Bill 2011	Drafted by Office of the Parliamentary Counsel
Protection of Employees (Temporary Agency Work) Bill 2011	Bill drafted by Civil Servants in consultation with Office of the Parliamentary Counsel

Bills Published 1 st January 2012 – 31 st December 2012

Title of Bill	Bill drafted by Civil Servant/Office of the Parliamentary Counsel
Companies (Amendment) Bill 2012	Drafted by Office of the Parliamentary Counsel
Companies Bill 2012	Drafted by Office of the Parliamentary Counsel
Credit Guarantee Bill 2012	Bill drafted by Civil Servants in consultation with Office of the Parliamentary Counsel
Microenterprise Loan Fund Bill 2012	Bill drafted by Civil Servants in consultation with Office of the Parliamentary Counsel
Industrial Development (Science Foundation Ireland) Bill 2012 (Seanad) (Number 113 of 2012)	Bill drafted by Civil Servants in consultation with Office of the Parliamentary Counsel
Patents (Amendment) Act 2012	Drafted by Civil Servants in consultation with Office of the Parliamentary Counsel

Bills Published 1 st January 2013 – 31 st December 2013

Title of Bill	Bill drafted by Civil Servant/Office of the Parliamentary Counsel
Companies (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2013	Drafted by Office of the Parliamentary Counsel
Friendly Societies and Industrial and Provident Societies (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2013	Drafted by Office of the Parliamentary Counsel
County Enterprise Boards (Dissolution) Bill 2013	Drafted by Civil Servants in consultation with Office of the Parliamentary Counsel
Intellectual Property (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill	Drafted by Civil Servants in consultation with Office of the Parliamentary Counsel
European Union (Access of the Republic of Croatia) (Access to the Labour Market Bill 2013	Drafted by Civil Servants in consultation with Office of the Parliamentary Counsel

Bills Published 1 st January 2014 – 31 st October 2014

Title of Bill	Bill drafted by Civil Servant/Office of the Parliamentary Counsel
Competition and Consumer Protection Bill 2014	Drafted by Office of the Parliamentary Counsel
Industrial Development (Forfás Dissolution) Bill 2013	Bill drafted by Civil Servants in consultation with Office of the Parliamentary Counsel
Employment Permits (Amendment) Bill 2014	Drafted by Civil Servants in consultation with Office of the Parliamentary Counsel

Externally drafted Bills Published 1 st January 2014 – 31 st October 2014

Title of Bill	Bill drafted by Civil Servant or legislative drafter	Bill outsourced to legislative drafter/legal professional	Professional fees attributable to outsourcing of legislative drafting, including invoice amount	Name of Person/ Company providing the service
Workplace Relations Bill 2014	Drafted by Civil Servants in consultation with Office of the Parliamentary Counsel	Fees paid in respect of drafting of Heads of Bill and legal advice associated therewith	€108,161 Paid in 2012 €59,746 Paid in 2013	A & L Goodbody Solicitors
	Drafted by Civil Servants in consultation with Office of the Parliamentary Counsel	Fees paid in respect of legal advice including the preparation (in conjunction with Departmental personnel) of comprehensive written responses on legal and drafting issues raised by OPC/AG in the course of drafting the Workplace Relations bill 2014	€27, 337 Paid in 2014	Alan Haugh B.L.