David Stanton (Cork East, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I probably will not need seven minutes. I have just done some quick searches on websites and it seems that Ireland is doing well in respect of being a place to do, and start, business and so on. We are in the top ten or 12 and, in some cases, the top three so well done on that. We probably need to maintain that and improve on it where we can.

I will ask a question in respect of small micro-companies missing the filing date. It may have been covered already, but is there any possibility of an amnesty for such companies? It has been acknowledged that a lot of hardship has been caused by companies having to be audited twice in the coming years. Will the officials give us an idea of the extent of that? How many companies have now missed the filing date, particularly small companies? This is just to give us an idea of what it is like.