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Thu 03 Mar 2007Government pledge to cutbusiness red tape by 25%The Government has pledged to meet the EU target to cut by 25 per cent the administrative burden on business over the next five years.Publishing the results of a comprehensive survey commissioned by the Department of the Taoiseach from the Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI), the Taoiseach, Bertie Ahern, said yesterday that Ireland was putting in place a new mechanism to tackle the administrative burdens arising from national legislation.