Eamon Ryan (Dublin Bay South, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

The filing of annual returns has continued throughout the period of Covid-19. To date this year more than 215,000 annual returns have been filed. While a small number of practitioners are experiencing difficulties relating to annual returns for their clients, there does not appear to be a widespread issue of filing problems. The CRO has approximately 48,500 annual returns at various stages of processing. It has been an exceptional year due to a series of filing extensions which were granted in response to pressure on companies due to the pandemic. There were delays because of Covid, especially with the last filing extension which ended on 11 June, but the information given to me indicates the problem is not widespread.

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