324 Mr. Hyland asked the Minister for Enterprise and Employment if his attention has been drawn to the concern of strawberry and other fruit and vegetable producers concerning the new laws on casual trading; and whether traditional roadside trading of fruit producers can continue. [14076/96]

The primary purpose of the Casual Trading Act, 1995 is to achieve greater decentralisation, efficiency and flexibility in the regulation of casual trading by the local authorities than was possible under the less flexible regime provided by the Casual Trading Act, 1980. The principle reforms contained in the 1995 Act are as follows: