Government departments that applied the SME Test since 2022.
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Departments that applied the SME Test in Q3 2024
| Department | Measures |
Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment | Proposed increase in INAB Fee Schedule |
Department of Finance | Credit Review Bill 2024 |
Department of Health | Public Health (Nicotine Inhaling Products) Bill 2024 SI 458 Medicinal Products (Prescription and Control of Supply) (Amendment) (No. 4) Regulations 2024 |
Departments that applied the SME Test in Q2 2024
| Department | Measures |
Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment | General Scheme on Miscellaneous Provisions (Registration of Limited Partnerships and Business Names) Bill 2024 General Scheme of Protection of Employees (Employers’ Insolvency) (Amendment) Bill 2024 |
Department of Environment, Climate and Communications | Draft Circular Economy (Environmental Levy) (Single-Use Cup) Regulations |
Department of Health | SI 269 Public Health (Tobacco Products and Nicotine Inhaling Products) Act 2023 (Commencement) (No 2) Order 2024 Public Health (Tobacco Products and Nicotine Inhaling Products) (Amendment) Bill 2024 SI 286 Health Act 1970 (Section 67E) (Prescription of Further Age to Whom Contraceptive Services Will Be Made Available Without Charge) (Amendment) Regulations 2024 |
Department of Rural and Community Development | Memo on new Social Enterprise Policy for Ireland |
Departments that applied the SME Test in Q1 2024
| Department | Measures |
Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment | Companies (Corporate Governance, Enforcement and Regulatory Provisions) Bill Regulatory Impact Analysis - Employment (Restriction of Certain Mandatory Retirement Ages) Bill 2024 LEO Policy Statement 2024-2030 Forty-first Amendment of the Constitution (Agreement on a Unified Patent Court) Bill 2024 |
Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine | Welfare of Dogs Bill |
Department of Finance | Access to Cash Bill 2024 |
Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science | Research and Innovation Bill 2024 |
Department of Health | Health (Amendment) (Licensing of Professional Home Support Providers) Bill 2024 Statutory Instruments to change the legal validity of prescriptions from 6 months to 12 months Health (Miscellaneous Provisions No 2) Bill |
Departments that applied the SME Test in 2023
| Department | Measures |
Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment | Employment (Collective Redundancies and Miscellaneous Provisions) and Companies (Amendment) Bill |
Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine | Agriculture Appeals (Amendment) Bill 2023 Control of Horses Bill Fishery Harbour Centres Amendment Bill |
Department of Environment, Climate and Communications | Circular Economy Bill 2022 - Packaging regulations |
Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science | Licensing System for Construction and Related Activities Safety Training Bill |
Department of Health | Health Act 1970 - Prescription of further age to whom contraceptive services will be made available without charge |
Office of Government Procurement | Revision of Circular 10/14 (SME Initiatives to assist SMEs in Public Procurement) |
Departments that applied the SME Test in 2022
| Department | Measures |
Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment | Employment Permits (Consolidation and
Amendment) Bill Sick Leave Bill Right to Request Remote Working Bill Tips and Gratuities Bill Companies (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill Co-operative Societies Bill |
Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine | Veterinary Medicinal Products and Medicated Feeds
Regulation Bill Agriculture and Food Supply Chain (Market
Transparency) Bill |
Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration
and Youth Affairs | Work-Life Balance Bill |
| Department of Finance | Central Bank (Individual Accountability Framework)
Bill |
| Department of Social Protection | Automatic Enrolment Pensions Bill |
| Department of Justice | Sale of Alcohol Bill |
| Department of Rural and Community Development | Charities Act |
Information above is as reported to the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment.