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Enhancing Regulation through Regulatory Impact Assessment (RIA)

Learn about the critical success factors, evolution, challenges, and benefits of Regulatory Impact Assessment (RIA) in Ireland. Explore the key government decisions, adoption of better regulation principles, framework, and implementation milestones. Understand the importance of stakeholder consultation, enforcement, compliance, and feedback mechanisms in effective RIA. Discover how RIA adds value when managed well and how the Prime Minister's Office oversees RIA processes.

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Enhancing Regulation through Regulatory Impact Assessment (RIA)

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  1. CONFERENCE on Regulatory Impact Assessment Ankara -21 April, 2006 Mr. TOM FERRIS

  2. Qualıty of Faırness – A health system for youpopwww.dohc.ıe

  3. MethodsCBAMCAwww.dohc.ıe

  4. Critical success factors • High level administrative and political support • Central Support from Prime Minister’s Department • Awareness-raising and training • Development of RIA network for sharing of experience/best practice • Ongoing liaison with EU colleagues especially EU Directors of Better Regulation • Learning from doing – RIA very much an iterative process

  5. Genesis of Regulatory Impact Assessment in Ireland • Influence of OECD and EU on RIA in Ireland • “Delivering Better Government” (Irish Government 1996) • Public Service Modernisation Act 1997 • OECD, Regulatory Reform in Ireland, 2001 • “Regulating Better” (Irish Government 2004) • Government committed to RIA having started with Five Pilot Projects • Cabinet 2005 Decision (Mandatory RIAs), June 2005

  6. National Implementation Milestones in Ireland 2001 • OECD Regulatory Review of Ireland 2002 • Draft Regulatory Impact Analysis (RIA) model developed 2004 • Publication of Government White Paper, Regulating Better • RIA Pilot Projects 2005 • Publication of RIA Report & Consultation Guidelines • Government Decısıon on Mandatory RIAs

  7. White Paper Regulating Better January 2004 Six Principles of Better Regulation Adopted Action Programme for Better Regulation

  8. Irish Consultation Guidelines • Key Element of Regulatory Impact Assessment (RIA) • Government White Paper ‘Regulating Better’: Action Plan 5.1 Procedures and Guidelines will be developed to promote better quality public consultation and to outline a full range of consultation options. Consideration will be given to the mechanisms for ensuring balanced coordination procedures, taking care to consider the particular requirements for ‘not-for-profit’ groups

  9. Government Secretariat and BRUPÖ All Mınıstrıes Mınıstry of Finance Offıce of Prime Minister. BRUPO and Finance Mınıstry ----RIA check on Memos to Government ----RIAs undertaken ----Training and technical advice ----Reality checks on robustness of RIAs Ireland’s RIA Structure

  10. End August 2005 240 days Ireland’s RIA Structure

  11. Public Sector needs to... • Have a more structured and explicit examination of expected costs and benefitsof regulation • Have important consultation with stakeholders • Have an earlier focus on enforcement and compliance issues - - who will enforce the regulations, what are the compliance targets? • Herald the introduction of performance indicators for regulations, so that they can show if the regulations are working well (or not working well) • Gıve an early response to EU legislative proposals

  12. Feedback and Review are Critical • Give feedback to key players and those who participate • Publish and acknowledge submissions made (taking account of data protection etc.) • Review the consultation process

  13. Challenges of RIA • Yes, many elements of RIA already there • But traditional ways will be challenged • Key players will feel some discomfort! • And yet if RIA is well explained there can be real benefits for the main players and in the public interest

  14. Critical success factors • High level administrative and political support • Central Support from Prime Minister’s Department • Awareness-raising and training • Development of RIA network for sharing of experience/best practice • Ongoing liaison with EU colleagues especially EU Directors of Better Regulation • Learning from doing – RIA very much an iterative process

  15. RIA adds value ıf well managed PM Offıce oversees RIAs • Existing Formal • Systems of Evaluating • Proposals and • Plans Existing Systems of Consulting with Stakeholders Existing Processes Training / Resources

  16. R .. Realıty of RIA O.....Objectıve M.....Measure c+b A......Alternatıves N.....notıfy others T......traınıng I........ımplement C......complıance ..RIA ıs cool... Says Marıo Martellı, 21 Aprıl 2006

  17. www.fınance.ieDepartment of FınanceGuıdelınes for the Appraısal and Management of Capıtal ProjectsFebruary 2005

  18. Questions

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