Áine Collins (Cork North West, Fine Gael)
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The Companies Registration Office, CRO, provides that service. If people are sole traders they have to register their own business name. If they have a partnership they can register as a business partnership and they get a number. The same applies if one is a company or a company limited by guarantee. Obviously, if one gets charged for status that is a Revenue issue but the CRO provides that service.