An article by Tom Ferris published today in Independent.ie online reviews the situation in Ireland after government decisions related to RIA. It is interesting and useful as it examines the institutional setup against the OECD recommendations (see 2010 review of Ireland), concluding (this is the title) "Better Regulation could start with a lot better organisation". As in many other countries, BR related functions are split between different departments, causing a lack of overview and unity of purpose, and sometimes a patchy implementation of the policy. The article points out three "omissions" in the Irish institutional setup, which can serve as a check-list for other national contexts:
- "no mention as to who is taking overall responsibility for the delivery of the commitments in the Programme for Government on the use of RIAs in the development of policy and legislation"
- "the lack of reference to who will take responsibility to ensure that RIAs are of good quality. They should not just be a box-ticking exercise. A central department should have formal authority to send poor RIAs back to the original departments."
- "no reference to setting-up a new central RIA website to replace the one previously provided by the Department of the Taoiseach."
See also archive of the BR unit in Taoiseach, as www.betterregulation.ie has been disbanded.
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