Dáil Éireann debate -
Thursday, 26 Oct 1995

Vol. 457 No. 6

Written Answers. - Task Force on Small Businesses.

Mary O'Rourke

Question:

91 Mrs. O'Rourke asked the Minister for Enterprise and Employment the total number of recommendations for implementation which were made by the Task Force on Small Businesses; the recommendations which were implemented in 1994; and the recommendations which have been implemented in 1995. [15887/95]

Minister for Enterprise and Employment (Mr. R. Bruton)

The Small Business Task Force made 121 recommendations in its report which was published in March 1994.

To date, 16 of those recommendations have been fully implemented and a further 21 have been partially implemented. In 1994, a total of ten recommendations were fully implemented while ten were partially implemented. In 1995, to date, six recommendations have been fully implemented while 11 have been partially implemented.