Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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Question 229: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food 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. [45693/08]

Brendan Smith (Cavan-Monaghan, Fianna Fail)
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An officer in the Legal Services Division of my Department is a member of the RIA Network and is also the liaison officer within the Department for RIA. The Better Regulation Agenda is a portion of this officer's work. In addition 8 officers attended the RIA training course at the Civil Service Training and Development Centre this year. It has not been necessary for my Department to allocate resources to Better Regulation other than the staff outlined above.