Gerry Adams (Louth, Sinn Fein)
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319. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will report on the new procedures the Government have introduced for appointments to State boards. [3577/13]

Richard Bruton (Dublin North Central, Fine Gael)
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The Companies Registration Office received the application to register a Business Name referred to by the Deputy on 8 January 2013. Following processing of the information received, the Business Name was registered on 17 January 2013. The applicant should receive a certificate of registration of the Business Name in the post this week. The processing time of this application was within the Companies Registration Office customer service targets for the registration of a Business Name which are as follows:

- Registration of Business Name application form (RBN1) received & data entered within 72 hours;

- Scanned within another 24 hours normally and 72 hours at peaks, and

- Registered within 5 days of scanning normally or 15 days at peak times;

In general, Business Names are registered by the Companies Registration Office within 10 days of receipt of the fully completed application.