Phil Hogan
Ceist:29 Mr. Hogan asked the Minister for Industry and Commerce if he will outline the specific measures which have been adopted under the programme of deregulation announced in March, 1988; and when the programme will be completed.
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29 Mr. Hogan asked the Minister for Industry and Commerce if he will outline the specific measures which have been adopted under the programme of deregulation announced in March, 1988; and when the programme will be completed.
In March 1988, the Government decided to institute a programme designed to review statutory and information requirements which impact on business and industry.
The principal points of the Government decision of 29 March 1988 were:
1. Each Minister should appoint a principal officer in his Department to be responsible for this programme and to report on requirements which are no longer necessary or which can be simplified, including a timetable for such action.
2. The Industrial Costs Monitoring Group (ICMG) should establish a formal liaison with appropriate industry representative bodies.
3. Each Minister should arrange to have compliance cost assessments made in his Department of all proposed new, or changes in, regulatory requirements affecting industry.
Results of this Initiative
Since March 1988, the following work was undertaken on this programme:
Department reports were received by the ICMG from all Government Departments. These reports were assessed by the ICMG and reported on to the Minister for Industry and Commerce.
Following the ICMG's liaison with the industry representative bodies, industry submissions were received from a number of business representative organisations. From these submissions almost 100 separate proposals were considered by the ICMG.
The subject matter of these recommendations included the following areas: Labour legislation and regulations; Taxation procedures; Customs and Excise procedures; Planning regulations; Company Registration Office procedures.