Better regulation in Europe. Ireland 2010.

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This report maps and analyses the core issues which together make up effective regulatory management for the Ireland, laying down a framework of what should be driving regulatory policy and reform in the future. Issues examined include: strategy and policies for improving regulatory management; institutional capacities for effective regulation and the broader policy making context; transparency and processes for effective public consultation and communication; processes for the development of new regulations, including impact assessment and for the management of the regulatory stock, including administrative burdens; compliance rates, enforcement policy and appeal processes; and the multilevel dimension: interface between different levels of government and interface between national processes and those of the EU. This book is part of a project examining better regulation, being carried out in partnership with the European Commission.  Read more... Abbreviations and acronyms -- Country profile, Ireland -- Executive summary -- Introduction -- Strategy and policies for better regulation -- Institutional capacities for better regulation -- Transparency through consultation and communication -- The development of new regulations -- The management and rationalisation of existing regulations -- Compliance, enforcement, appeals -- The interface between member states and the European Union -- The interface between subnational and national levels of government -- Bibliography -- Annexes.