Mary Butler (Waterford, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

This meeting has been convened to consider the Companies (Accounting) Bill 2016, which was referred to the select committee by order of the Dáil on 15 November 2016. Apologies have been received from Deputies Maurice Quinlivan and Stephen Donnelly. I welcome the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, Deputy Mary Mitchell O'Connor, and her officials to the meeting. Before we begin, I ask members to ensure their mobile phones are switched off of in aeroplane mode for the duration of this meeting a they interfere with the broadcasting equipment even when in silent mode.

There are 44 amendments tabled. It is intended that we will consider this Bill until we conclude Committee Stage today. Is that agreed? Agreed. I refer members to the list of amendments grouped for the purpose of debate that has been circulated. We will now proceed to the consideration of the Bill.