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Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 17 December 2015

Thursday, 17 December 2015

Questions (427)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl

Question:

427. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Health the number of Bills his Department has published since 9 March 2011; the number and Title of those Bills that included a regulatory impact assessment in advance of publication; the regulatory impact assessments published; the number of promised Bills for publication; the Bills that will include a regulatory impact assessment; the regulatory impact assessments that will be published before publication of the relevant Bill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45810/15]

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The following table shows the Bills published by my Department since 9 March 2011 and the Bills currently on the Government's legislative programme for my Department.

Bills published since 9 March 2011

Bills currently on the legislative programme

Public Health (Tobacco) (Amendment) Bill 2011

Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) (No.1) Bill

Medical Practitioners (Amendment) Bill 2011

Health Information and Patient Safety Bill

Health (Provision of General Practitioner Services) Bill 2011

Misuse of Drugs (Amendment) (No.2) Bill

Health Insurance (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2011

Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) (No.2) Bill

Clotting Factor Concentrates and Other Biological Products Bill 2012

Health (Transport Support) Bill

Health (Pricing and Supply of Medical Goods) Bill 2012

Assisted Human Reproduction Bill

Health Service Executive (Governance) Bill 2012

Human Tissue Bill

Health and Social Care Professionals (Amendment) Bill 2012

Health and Wellbeing (Calorie Posting and Workplace Wellbeing) Bill

Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2012

Patient Safety Licensing Bill

Public Health (Tobacco) (Amendment) Bill 2013

Public Health (Retail Licensing of Tobacco Products) Bill

Health (Alteration of Criteria for Eligibility) Bill 2013

Health Act 2007 (Amendment) Bill

Health (Amendment) Bill 2013

Health Reform Bill

Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013

New Children's Hospital Establishment Bill

Health (Alteration of Criteria for Eligibility) (No. 2) Bill 2013

Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2013

Health Identifiers Bill 2013

Health Service Executive (Financial Matters) Bill 2013

Public Health (Sunbeds) Bill 2013

Health (General Practitioner Service) Bill 2014

Public Health (Standardised Packaging of Tobacco) Bill 2014

Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014

Medical Practitioners (Amendment) Bill 2014

Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2014

Misuse of Drugs (Amendment) Bill 2015

Health (General Practitioner Service) Bill 2015

Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015

Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2015

Regulatory Impact Assessments (RIAs) were carried out in advance of publication of the Health (Pricing and Supply of Medical Goods) Bill 2012, the Health (Amendment) Bill 2013 in part, the Public Health (Sunbeds) Bill 2013, the Public Health (Standardised Packaging of Tobacco) Bill 2014 and the Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015. RIAs were published in advance with the exception of the RIA on the Public Health (Sunbeds) Bill 2013 which was published after the Bill.

Regarding the Bills currently on the Government's legislative programme, it is intended at this stage to include an RIA on the Misuse of Drugs (Amendment) (No.2) Bill, the Health (Transport Support) Bill, the Assisted Human Reproduction Bill, the Patient Safety Licensing Bill, the Human Tissue Bill, the Health and Wellbeing (Calorie Posting and Workplace Wellbeing) Bill, the Health Act 2007 (Amendment) Bill and the Public Health (Retail Licensing of Tobacco Products) Bill. In most cases it is intended to publish the RIA in advance of the publication of the Bills. The RIA for the Health Information and Patient Safety Bill was published on my Department's website in November 2015.

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