Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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Question 220: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources 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. [45695/08]

Eamon Ryan (Dublin South, Green Party)
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My Department is fully engaged in the Better Regulation agenda to contribute to the initiative of making it easier to do business in the State and with the State.

The Better Regulation agenda, including regulatory impact analysis and administrative burden reduction practices, is part of the everyday normal work of staff in all Divisions of the Department.

Staff resources are not exclusively deployed to deal with this issue due to the fact that it is part of their ongoing workload. It is not possible, therefore, to separate out the costs of servicing the needs of Better Regulation from overall administration costs.