Damien English (Meath West, Fine Gael)

I like quite a lot of the Minister of State's speeches so far — although not all of them. Hopefully we will see some action on them. If he is a man of action can he guarantee that from now on every new Bill we pass in this House will be assessed for the impact it has on businesses? We were promised that before, but it did not happen in the last term. Can the Minister of State say that from today it will happen?

Before the Minister of State's predecessor left he gave a guarantee he would work with the committee to solve the problems of local government regarding business, cost, regulation etc. Does that commitment still stand for the Minister of State and other Ministers to work with the committee to promptly address the problems of business and local government? While I believe the Minister of State does, I want a commitment across the board.

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