Written answers

Tuesday, 14 October 2008

Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs

Information Obligations

12:00 pm

Photo of Leo VaradkarLeo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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Question 214: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs 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. [34588/08]

Photo of Éamon Ó CuívÉamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail)
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As the Deputy will be aware, the Government has set a 25% target for the reduction of the administrative burden of domestic legislation on business by 2012. The Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment is co-ordinating the overall process to measure and reduce burdens across Government.

The process of identifying and listing information obligations is currently under way within my own Department. I expect to have completed this process and to have finalised the prioritisation of any information obligations identified through the exercise by the end of 2008.

The prioritised information obligations will then be measured. On completion of the measurement exercise simplification plans will be prepared detailing how the target of a 25% reduction in the administrative burden of domestic regulation on business will be met by the end of 2012. I envisage that my Department will have completed the identification, prioritisation and measurement process by the end of 2009.

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