Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 24 March 2021
290. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Transport the details of the process through which his Department drafts and produces legislation; if his Department outsources the drafting of legislation; if so, the Bills for which the drafting was outsourced since he took office; and the costs associated with the drafting of each Bill. [14430/21]
Amharc ar fhreagraIn drafting and producing legislation, officials in my Department work closely with the Office of the Attorney General, the Office of the Parliamentary Counsel, the Department’s Legal Advisor and a number of Oireachtas committees.
While my Department has outsourced the drafting of a small number of pieces of secondary legislation (most of which are of a technical nature and are for the purpose of transposing technical EU Directives or Regulations) no primary legislation has been drafted in this manner.
