Pádraig O'Sullivan (Cork North Central, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I would like to reiterate a lot of what has been said by Deputies Crowe and Murnane O'Connor regarding the challenges. It is good to see that the Minister is also considering additional measures over the coming months to help businesses to meet those challenges. I agree with Deputy O'Reilly in relation to the timing. I have used my Dáil speaking time over the last couple of weeks, particularly in engagements with the Ministers of State, Deputies Richmond and Calleary, to stress the importance of timing here. I would hope that we can shave weeks off the processing time. I acknowledge that, in the case of Cork for example, processing 22,000 businesses is no mean feat. It is quite a big challenge for any local authority to undertake but shaving days, and hopefully weeks, off that processing time could make a really big difference to the various businesses. Again, I stress the urgency of this.

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