Michael Ring (Mayo, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I made a 55% reduction in the paperwork. I have listened to the groups and people on the ground. I wanted to make the changes and I did so. We are reviewing the system on a daily basis but there is only so much I can do, that the Government can do or that the Department can do. The Leader companies have been given the responsibility and they have to roll out the scheme. They are the ones that have to talk to the people on the ground and they will have to deal with the Department. We have done our job. Nobody is telling me there is a serious problem in relation to bureaucracy. We have made it easier to make applications.

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