Regulatory Impact Assessments

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 15 May 2012

Tuesday, 15 May 2012

Ceisteanna (250)

Terence Flanagan

Ceist:

330 Deputy Terence Flanagan asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number and description of any regulatory impact assessments that have been undertaken by his Department on legislation or proposed legislation since 9 March 2011; the stage in the legislative / policy development process at which the RIAs have been carried out; the number of RIAs that have been published by his Department over the same period; the manner of publication involved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23494/12]

Freagraí scríofa

Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources (Deputy Pat Rabbitte)

I wish to advise the Deputy that since 9 March 2011 there has been one RIA undertaken by my Department. The RIA was prepared to accompany a Memorandum for Government on the drafting of the Energy (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2011 and it was published with the Bill on the 27th September 2011. The Bill, Explanatory Memoranda and RIA were made available on my Department's website and also on the Oireachtas website. The Bill itself was enacted on the 25th February 2012 as the Energy (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2012.