Arthur Morgan (Louth, Sinn Fein)

It is unfortunate that the economic downturn had to occur before the Government appreciated the need for this reform. However, we appreciate it and it is better late than never. Would the Minister of State agree that a number of ideas could be implemented fairly quickly, for example by having electronic versions of some of these forms available to businesses instead of hard copies? As he knows it is almost all hard copy at present. As I know some shops and other businesses might prefer hard copies, I am not ruling that out. Would the Minister of State accept there is great potential for merging the format of many of the forms businesses need to complete? Currently they all have different formats and are all over the place and surely could be streamlined.

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