Written answers
Thursday, 19 February 2026
Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
Small and Medium Enterprises
Ken O'Flynn (Cork North-Central, Independent Ireland Party)
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284. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment whether his Department has conducted, commissioned or received any regulatory impact assessment, economic modelling or internal policy analysis since 1 January 2021 examining the cumulative administrative and compliance costs arising from customs declarations, tariff classification requirements, VAT registration obligations or brokerage fees affecting Irish small and medium-sized enterprises exporting parcels to the United Kingdom and the United States; and if he will provide details of such analysis, including dates, authorship and whether it was published. [13706/26]
Ken O'Flynn (Cork North-Central, Independent Ireland Party)
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285. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment whether his Department has estimated the average per-parcel administrative cost incurred by Irish SMEs exporting low-value consignments to (a) the United Kingdom and (b) the United States, including customs declarations, intermediary brokerage fees, VAT compliance and associated documentation; and if no such estimate has been undertaken, whether he intends to commission one [13707/26]
Ken O'Flynn (Cork North-Central, Independent Ireland Party)
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286. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment whether his Department has engaged with the Revenue Commissioners regarding simplified customs procedures or reduced administrative burdens for micro-exporting SMEs reliant on parcel trade; the dates and nature of any such engagement; and whether specific policy proposals have been developed arising from those discussions [13708/26]
Ken O'Flynn (Cork North-Central, Independent Ireland Party)
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287. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment whether his Department holds data or has conducted analysis on the number or proportion of Irish SMEs for whom small-consignment parcel exports constitute their primary export channel; and if so, the findings of that analysis. [13709/26]
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