Niall Collins (Limerick County, Fianna Fail)
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302. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation further to Parliamentary Question No. 253 of 11 May 2017, the detail of Ireland’s ranking overall when compared with small economies in the latest World Bank Doing Business rankings available; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23824/17]

Mary Mitchell O'Connor (Dún Laoghaire, Fine Gael)
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At the time of developing Enterprise 2025, Ireland ranked 13th overall in the World Bank's Ease of Doing Business rankings and 7th when compared with small economies. Enterprise 2025 lists the comparator small countries with higher rankings.

In its latest publication, Doing Business 2017 which was released in October 2016, the World Bank ranked Ireland 18th overall and 9th when compared with small economies. The comparator small countries with higher rankings were as follows - New Zealand (1st), Singapore (2nd), Denmark (3rd), Hong Kong (4th), Norway (6th), Estonia (12th), Finland (13th), Latvia (14th) and Ireland (18th).