Deirdre Clune (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Minister of State, who has been very informative. In particular, I refer to the importance of his circulating the service level agreement to Members last week. This Bill marks an important first step in the changes that are being introduced. The particular emphasis in this regard is to ensure there is a better service to the consumers, namely, those people who are interested in starting up their own businesses. The expertise of Enterprise Ireland, the local development boards and the local authority will now be in a single one-stop shop for would-be entrepreneurs or business people. This streamlining process is most welcome and as the Minister of State noted, is part of the programme for Government. It is great to see it come to fruition and I thank the Minister of State for his advice, assistance and the explanations he gave during the course of the passage of this Bill.