Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 26 March 2015
240. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of Bills that were submitted for pre-legislative scrutiny by his Department since 2011; his plans to allow pre-legislative scrutiny for any upcoming legislation from his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12412/15]
View answerA total of 7 pieces of legislation, proposed or published, by my Department have been subject to the pre-legislative scrutiny procedure in the Oireachtas. As part of the Government's Political Reform Programme pre-legislative scrutiny was introduced to the Houses of the Oireachtas in 2011 and formalised in parliamentary procedure in November 2013. It is my intention to subject all legislation prepared in my Department to pre-legislative scrutiny in accordance with these procedures.
