Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 16 June 2015
399. Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Defence if he will provide, in tabular form, the number, name and date of Bills initiated in his Department that have been subject to the pre-legislative scrutiny procedure in the Oireachtas. [23636/15]
View answerNo Bills initiated in my Department have been subject to the pre-legislative scrutiny procedure in the Oireachtas.
I referred the General Scheme of the Defence Forces (Forensic Evidence) Bill 2015 to the Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality on 12 March 2015 for consideration as to whether pre-legislative scrutiny was appropriate in this case. Following a subsequent briefing for the Committee on the General Scheme by Departmental officials, the Committee Chairman wrote to inform me that, having considered the matter, the members of the Committee did not feel it necessary to undertake a pre-legislative scrutiny process in this case.
