Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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Question 152: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of staff in terms of whole time equivalents he has allocated within his Department to support the Better Regulation Group's work; the financial resources that have been spent in support of such work to date in 2008; the expected expenditure for the remainder of 2008; the budget for 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45704/08]

Dermot Ahern (Louth, Fianna Fail)
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The Deputy will appreciate that the work of the Better Regulation group has, by definition, a systemic effect on how my Department goes about the business of developing policies and legislation — primary and secondary — and negotiating EU instruments within my functional area. As the group's work must, by its very nature, become an integral part of these processes and the general public policy formation process within my Department, it is not possible to isolate the staffing and financial resources involved in the manner requested by the Deputy. In light of my Department's extensive programme of criminal and civil law reform, however, the resources consumed in meeting our obligations in this respect are significant.