News and Updates

Taking Care of Business

• Taking Care of Business is a one-stop shop allowing members of the business community to meet state agencies, offices and services to get free advice and information on how to comply with regulations and what help and supports are available. The next event is in the Sheraton Hotel, Gleeson Street, Athlone on Wednesday, 2 October 2019.  It runs from 8.15am to 1.30pm.  For more information and to REGISTER, click here. Over 200 business people attended previous our event in Limerick in September 2018. For our video click here. Further information is also available here.

The European Commission has launched a public-consultation exercise on its approach to Better Regulation. The consultation is open to citizens, organisations and public authorities with an interest in, or experience of, EU policy-making. Contributions are also sought from parties with specific experience in better regulation tools, such as impact assessment, stakeholder consultation and evaluation. For more information and to access the consultation exercise, which runs until 23 October 2018, please visit, https://ec.europa.eu/info/consultations/public-consultation-stocktaking-commissions-better-regulation-approach_en

• The following bodies have Twitter accounts providing information and/or responses to queries
• Health and Safety Authority; Companies Registration Office; Environmental Protection Agency; Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement; Central Statistics Office; The Competition and Consumer Protection Commission
• Department of Businesss, Enterprise and Innovation

• The following bodies have Facebook pages providing information and/or responses to queries
• Food Safety Authority of Ireland; Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement; Consumer Help

• The following bodies have useful videos and information on YouTube
• Health and Safety Authority; Food Safety Authority of Ireland; Environmental Protection Agency; National Standards Authority of Ireland; Revenue

• The following bodies provide information updates from their websites through RSS feeds
• National Standards Authority of Ireland; Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine; Central Statistics Office; Health Service Executive
• Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation

• Most bodies have newsletters to which you can subscribe.
• Four bodies are on LinkedIn: Environmental Protection Agency; Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement; The Competition and Consumer Protection Commission; National Standards Authority of Ireland