Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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Question 173: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he has completed his list of information obligations which their regulations impose on businesses; if so, the obligations involved; if not, when such a list will be finalised; if the most burdensome obligations, the regulations that they impose and the costs on businesses have been identified; if these costs, as they apply to businesses, have been measured; or if this aspect of the project has not been completed, the date by which this will be done; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34596/08]

Dermot Ahern (Louth, Fianna Fail)
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I can advise the Deputy that my Department is participating in the inter-Departmental process, co-ordinated by the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment, with a view to reducing by 25% the administrative burden placed on businesses by Government.

I envisage that the identification, prioritisation and measurement process should be completed by all Departments by the end of 2009. While it is too early in the process to provide the Deputy with the detailed information requested it is not expected that my Department will be identified as one of those Departments that imposes the greatest administrative burden on businesses. On completion of the measurement exercise, simplification plans will be prepared detailing how the 25% target will be met by the end of 2012.