Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 16 June 2015
619. Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health 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. [23641/15]
View answer623. Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health if he will provide, in tabular form, the number, name and date of Bills initiated in his Department since September 2013. [23667/15]
View answerI propose to take Questions Nos. 619 and 623 together.
Twelve Bills initiated in my Department have been published since September 2013. Information sought by the Deputy on those Bills is set out in the table below.
In regard to pre-legislative scrutiny, the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children held hearings on the Public Health (Alcohol) Bill in March to April 2015.
The Health (General Practitioner Service) Bill had been referred for pre-legislative scrutiny in September 2014.
Previously to that, the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children held a series of public hearings on the general scheme of the Public Health (Standardised Packaging of Tobacco) Bill, concluding in February 2014.
The Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children also held public hearings on the heads of the Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill in May 2013. The Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013 (No. 66 of 2013) was published on 18 June 2013. I consider pre-legislative scrutiny an important and integral aspect of the legislative process.
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Title of Bill |
Number of Bill |
Date of publication |
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Health (Alteration of Criteria for Eligibility) (No. 2) Bill 2013 |
106 of 2013 |
7 November 2013 |
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Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2013 |
112 of 2013 |
14 November 2013 |
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Health Identifiers Bill 2013 |
130 of 2013 |
13 December 2013 |
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Health Service Executive (Financial Matters) Bill 2013 |
136 of 2013 |
20 December 2013 |
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Public Health (Sunbeds) Bill 2013 |
140 of 2013 |
23 December 2013 |
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Health (General Practitioner Service) Bill 2014 |
34 of 2014 |
23 April 2014 |
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Public Health (Standardised Packaging of Tobacco) Bill 2014 |
54 of 2014 |
13 June 2014 |
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Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014 |
77 of 2014 |
22 July 2014 |
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Medical Practitioners (Amendment) Bill 2014 |
80 of 2014 |
1 August 2014 |
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Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2014 |
101 of 2014 |
6 November 2014 |
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Misuse of Drugs (Amendment) Bill 2015 |
21 of 2015 |
10 March 2015 |
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Health (General Practitioner Service) Bill 2015 |
30 of 2015 |
27 March 2015 |
