Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 16 June 2015
470. Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide, in tabular form, the number, name and date of Bills initiated in her Department, that have been subject to the pre-legislative scrutiny procedure in the Oireachtas. [23643/15]
View answerSince 2011 some 19 pieces of draft legislation in my Department were subject to the pre-legislative scrutiny procedure in the Oireachtas. Of these, 8 were Bills initiated in the Dáil or Seanad and 11 were General Schemes or draft Heads of a Bill yet to be published.
As the Deputy will be aware, under Dáil Standing Order 123 A and prior to its presentation or introduction to the Dáil, the General Schemes or draft Heads of a Bill shall, (save in exceptional circumstances), be given by a member of Government or a Minister of State to the Committee empowered under Standing Order 82A for their consideration. A tabular list of all such draft legislation so referred as follows.
Bills initiated in Dáil/Seanad that were subject to pre-legislative scrutiny
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Bill Number |
Bill Name |
Date Referred to Committee |
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No. 32 of 2012 |
Criminal Justice (Withholding Information on Crimes Against Children and Vulnerable Adults) Bill |
29/07/11 |
|
No. 58 of 2012 |
Personal Insolvency Bill 2012 |
26/01/12 |
|
No. 71 of 2012 |
National Vetting Bureau Bill |
28/07/11 |
|
No. 83 of 2013 |
Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Bill (Previously Mental Capacity Bill) |
In 2012 the Joint Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality invited written submissions on the Scheme of the then-entitled Mental Capacity Bill and held public hearings on the proposed legislation in 22/29 February 2012. The Committee issued its report in May 2012. The Bill was published in July 2013 as the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Bill and, as it differed in certain respects from the original scheme, the Joint Committee, in April 2014, invited further written submissions from interested parties, which it forwarded to the Department. |
|
No. 20 of 2014 |
Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission Bill 2014 |
04/06/12 |
|
No. 5 of 2015 |
Thirty Fourth Amendment of the Constitution (Marriage Equality Referendum) Bill 2015 |
19/12/14 |
|
No. 14 of 2015 |
Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015 |
30/01/14 |
|
No. 47 of 2015 |
Garda Síochána (Policing Authority And Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2015 |
07/11/14 |
General Schemes that were subject to pre-legislative scrutiny but have not yet been published as a Bill
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Bill Number |
Bill Name |
Date Referred to Committee |
|
N/A |
Criminal Justice (Corruption) Bill |
20/06/12 |
|
N/A |
Mediation Bill |
05/03/13 |
|
N/A |
Gambling Control Bill |
15/07/13 |
|
N/A |
Criminal Justice (Community Sanctions) Bill (Previously Probation Service Bill) |
07/02/14 |
|
N/A |
Criminal Procedure Bill |
25/06/14 |
|
N/A |
Choice of Court (Hague Convention ) Bill |
08/12/14 Following a briefing from departmental officials on this matter on 17/12/2014, the Committee did not feel it was necessary to undertake a pre-legislative scrutiny process on the General Scheme. |
|
N/A |
Táillte Éireann Bill |
20/01/15 Following a briefing from departmental officials in relation to the General Scheme on 18 February 2015, the Committee took the view that a full pre-legislative scrutiny process was not necessary |
|
N/A |
Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Bill |
Justice Committee briefed by officials on 04/02/2015 |
|
N/A |
International Protection Bill |
26/03/2015 |
|
N/A |
Criminal Justice (Burglary of a Dwelling) Bill |
15/04/15 |
|
N/A |
Prisons Bill (formerly Saint Patrick’s Institution (Closing) Bill) |
14/04/15 |
|
N/A |
Civil Liability (Amendment) Bill |
31/05/2015 |
