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Tuesday, 8 November 2022

Questions (89)

Seán Sherlock

Question:

89. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of form RBN3 processed by the companies Registration Office in each of the years 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022, by county and reason in tabular form. [55305/22]

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Minister of State at the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment

The Registration of Business Names Act 1963 requires any individual, partnership or body corporate which trades under a name other than their own true names to register their business name with the Registrar of Companies. The Act aims to provide transparency for those doing business by making the legal identity behind a business name public.

Section 12(1) of the Act requires any person, partnership or body corporate (including the liquidator of the body corporate) to notify the Registrar in the prescribed form, Form RBN3, if they cease to trade under the registered business name. The Act does not require the presenter of the Form RBN3 to provide a reason for ceasing to trade under a business name and therefore this information is not available to the Registrar.

The table below provides the number of Form RBN3 registered by the Companies Registration Office for the years 2020, 2021 and 2022 (up to and including 6th November 2022).

County	2020	2021	2022 (YTD)	Total
Carlow	17	27	19	63
Cavan	25	15	29	69
Clare	37	62	30	129
Cork	219	207	168	594
Donegal	49	44	48	141
Dublin	857	934	821	2,612
Galway	97	135	101	333
Kerry	59	48	51	158
Kildare	118	108	110	336
Kilkenny	47	37	34	118
Laois	24	28	24	76
Leitrim	16	8	9	33
Limerick	61	54	73	188
Longford	9	13	10	32
Louth	63	45	67	175
Mayo	43	53	34	130
Meath	100	83	84	267
Monaghan	18	17	28	63
Offaly	24	30	26	80
Roscommon	20	18	11	49
Sligo	17	19	31	67
Tipperary	52	51	54	157
Waterford	54	40	44	138
Westmeath	45	31	43	119
Wexford	59	72	83	214
Wicklow	77	82	44	203
Total	2,207	2,261	2,076	6,544