Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 26 March 2015
265. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of pieces of legislation that were submitted for pre-legislative scrutiny by his Department since 2011; his plans to allow pre-legislative scrutiny for any upcoming pieces of legislation from his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12420/15]
View answerA list of legislation that was submitted for pre-legislative scrutiny by my Department since 2011 is contained in the table.
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Bill Name |
Date |
Pre-Legislative Scrutiny |
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Road Traffic (No. 2) Act 2011 |
Published 16 September 2011 |
Pre-legislative scrutiny JOC July 2011 |
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Road Safety Authority (Commercial Vehicle Roadworthiness) Act 2012 |
Published 3 April 2012 |
Pre-legislative scrutiny by JOC July 2011 as part of Road Traffic (No. 2) Bill 2011 (the original Road Traffic No. 2 Bill 2011 was subsequently split into two Bills) |
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Number 139 of 2013 Merchant Shipping (Registration of Ships) Bill 2013 |
Presented 19 December 2013 Published 23 December 2013 |
General Scheme of the Bill was sent to the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Transport and Communications on 17 October 2012. |
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Roads Bill 2014 |
Initiated in January 2014 |
The Bill was subject to the pre-legislative scrutiny procedure in March 2013. |
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Vehicle Clamping Bill 2014 (No. 51 of 2014) |
Published June 5th 2014 |
Pre-legislative scrutiny was undertaken. Report of the Joint Committee on Environment, Transport, Culture and the Gaeltacht on the Regulation of Vehicle Clamping (March 2012, Prn. A12/0504) |
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State Airports (Shannon Group) Act 2014 (No. 27 of 2014) |
enacted on the 27th July 2014. |
The bill was subject to the pre-legislative scrutiny procedure |
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No. 85 of 2014 Sport Ireland Bill |
Initiated on 26 August 2014 |
The Bill went through the pre-legislative scrutiny procedure in the Oireachtas in Q1 2014 |
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Harbours Amendment Bill |
Expected publication date Q1 2015 |
The bill was subject to the pre-legislative scrutiny procedure in June 2014 |
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Road Traffic Bill 2015 |
Expected publication Summer 2015 |
Sent to JOC for pre-legislative scrutiny 25 Feb 2015 |
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Public Transport Bill 2015 |
Expected publication date Q2 2015 |
It is intended that the draft Bill will be sent to Oireachtas Joint Committee on Transport and Communications shortly. |
