Niamh Smyth

There are government entities that would be state entities that should have, and rightly should, correctly should have the details of the residential home.

And when I say that, I'm thinking of like the Corporate Enforcement Authority, Revenue Commissioners, GARDI, those, I suppose, state entities should always have the contact details of

And the directors of companies and from the perspective of ensuring the fraud cannot be committed, that will remain and seeks to be the remaining position that those details would be provided.

But as I said, taking out a public view residential address and having a contact address, which should would always must remain within the in the in the.

It can't be a PO box number two.

It has to be either the company address or another address, but I suppose it's to take the personal out of the public view.

Yes, they do.

And as I said, you know, entities such as the Corporate Enforcement, Revenue Commissioners, all of the, I suppose, state entities that rightly should have absolute contact with.

I mean, this is about providing contact and having a free flow of information between directors and secretaries of companies and the authorities.

So that will still remain the case.

And it would also be the case of the CRO would have all addresses, be it contact address or a residential address,

I suppose what we're seeking to do, as I said, is to ensure that the personal safety of directors and secretaries is not in any way exposed or inhibited in any way like that.

Well, so I am not in the job a full year, but that is certainly how we are.

It's my vision, if you'd like.

I would certainly like to see that we would be in a position to do that.

And I suppose every step we take, it would be to try and move a little bit closer to full on digitalisation.

In my department, we have, I suppose, the help and support of Enterprise Ireland, IDA and our LEOs to help and establish companies to do that in a more free way as well.

And we're certainly working towards that.

And I suppose it's important to point out that

Over decades, the CRO have collected information from companies which give that information about company directors and secretaries.