Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 15 September 2021
809. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of Bills prepared by his Department since 27 June 2020; the number and title of those Bills that included regulatory impact assessments; the title of the regulatory impact assessments that have been published by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43700/21]
View answerMy Department has prepared 2 Bills in the relevant time-frame. They are:
1. The Forestry (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2020 No. 15 of 2020, and
2. The Sea-Fisheries (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021 (Bill 108 of 2021).
The Forestry (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2020 was emergency legislation and prepared without a Regulatory Impact Analysis (RIA). However, an extensive public consultation took place in the weeks leading up to the publication of the Bill.
The RIA for the Sea-Fisheries (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill was first published on the Department’s website in 2014. It was titled as follows: "Screening Regulatory Impact Assessment of the Proposal for a Bill to amend the Sea Fisheries and Maritime Jurisdiction Act 2006 to provide for Fixed Penalties for minor offences, a Points System for masters of fishing vessels for serious offences and Quota Management Policy".
