Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 22 January 2013
310. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding company registration; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3029/13]
View answerThe 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.
