Colm Brophy (Dublin South West, Fine Gael)

There is an ongoing process in the Department to reach out to try to simplify and put the application process in place. The answer to the Deputy's question is "Yes". By 2027, it will be a complete one-stop-shop and the process will be coming. That is the target date we are working towards for the completion of the process.

In the intervening period, my counterpart in the Department of enterprise and I are willing to see what we can do to ensure that we have better engagement with sectors, where it is needed between the two Departments, to ensure we streamline the process in advance of 2027. I fully take account of what the Deputy said about there very much being different requirements and difficulties within different sectors, but it is possible to work through those and work to have a much quicker process in the medium term based on the current processes. We will then have the complete changeover in 2027.

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