Colin Scott, director of the Centre for Regulation and Governance, University College Dublin (UCD), keeps us informed about news of the BR scene in Ireland. We reported his analysis of the Irish 2012 Action Plan for Jobs which re-commits the government elected in 2011 to a programme of coordinated regulatory reform. Now, following a Policy Workshop in March, Colin examines, in an Irish Times article last Friday, recent developments that again question the Irish government approach, under the title « Failure to Regulate Regulation in Ireland Could Prove Costly." Note the paradoxical expression « regulate regulation. » Here is an extract :
« … the overall capacity for review of regulatory policy, consideration of alternatives, and learning from others risks being lost. A number of recent Bills with clear regulatory impact, such as the Water Services Amendment Bill and Legal Services Regulation Bill, have been presented to the Oireachtas without RIAs, and without due consideration of less costly alternatives to public regulation. The capacity both for training public servants and for co-ordinating learning about and implementation of best practice regulatory strategies across government and with partners within the EU and the OECD is imperilled, and this risks increasing costs and reducing effectiveness of regulation. »
A more in-depth scrutiny is given by a report « Whither Better Regulation? », just published on the UCD site. See also a 2010 history of the issue, co-authored with Ciara Brown, is available from the Policy Workshop page (tip from E.D.)
« … the overall capacity for review of regulatory policy, consideration of alternatives, and learning from others risks being lost. A number of recent Bills with clear regulatory impact, such as the Water Services Amendment Bill and Legal Services Regulation Bill, have been presented to the Oireachtas without RIAs, and without due consideration of less costly alternatives to public regulation. The capacity both for training public servants and for co-ordinating learning about and implementation of best practice regulatory strategies across government and with partners within the EU and the OECD is imperilled, and this risks increasing costs and reducing effectiveness of regulation. »
A more in-depth scrutiny is given by a report « Whither Better Regulation? », just published on the UCD site. See also a 2010 history of the issue, co-authored with Ciara Brown, is available from the Policy Workshop page (tip from E.D.)
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