Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Friday, 22 January 2021

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation

General Scheme of Companies (Corporate Enforcement Authority) Bill 2018: Discussion
General Scheme of an Employment Permits (Consolidation and Amendment) Bill
Pre-legislative Scrutiny of the General Scheme of Companies (Corporate Enforcement Authority) Bill 2018: Discussion General Scheme of an Employment Permits (Consolidation and Amendment) Bill

Photo of Louise O'ReillyLouise O'Reilly (Dublin Fingal, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I apologise for cutting across Mr. Drennan but we are tight on time. I am aware of the additional HR and information technology requirements. When the office become a stand-alone entity, it will need all of that. I am talking about the nuts and bolts, the work that is being done. I know there are issues with regard to resources. There is a compelling argument for additional resources if there are issues that are not being dealt with and if there are issues around white-collar crime that Mr. Drennan does not have the resources to get to. I am not suggesting people in Mr. Drennan's office are not doing their work, of course they are. What I am asking is if the office had more people, would it be able to tackle more white collar crime? The logical extension of that is that there is white collar crime there that is not currently being addressed because resources are not there. Is Mr. Drennan saying that all the resources required are only for the additional responsibilities and that those the office now has are fine to transfer over but that it needs information technology, HR, tax-----

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