Small and Medium Enterprises
Dail Éireann — 2024-02-08
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Bernard Durkan (FG), Kildare North

I thank the Minister for the information he has given to the House. One thing seems certain: time is of the essence. The grave danger to my mind would be the extent to which the local authorities have sufficient staff to meet the extra workload accruing from the welcome measures and the need to touch base with the various local authorities at present to see how they are progressing and if needed to make further provision to enable them to bring the dates forward rather than to fall short of the deadline. What are the prospects of that?

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Sitting date: 2024-02-08