Liam Twomey (Fine Gael)

While I will not push this to a vote, the point is that we should not simply go drily through the Finance Bill. The Minister of State should consider how easy it is for someone to decide to walk out of his or her office. The Minister of State has professional training and I have a number of years experience in this area, so it would be different for us, but it is more difficult for many others to register as a company. We must consider all the difficulties they would encounter in doing this in order that the Minister can ensure all of the blockages are removed and can streamline this process as much as possible.

There will still be difficulties for people because even when they go to the county enterprise boards for assistance, they are sent here and there. We need to be serious about this, tighten up the system and try to make these boards do as much as possible for such people. I am not talking about babysitting them or developing a nanny state to make this work. However, there is a serious need to streamline the processes so this can be achieved quickly. That is the only way we will get people in this country back to work.

Recommendation, by leave, withdrawn.

Section 45 agreed to.

Section 46 to 51, inclusive, agreed to.

Question proposed: "That section 52 stand part of the Bill."