David Stanton (Cork East, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I thank Ms de Barra. Many companies are interested in corporate social responsibility, inclusion, diversity and so on. They mean well in this, but perhaps this issue has not been pointed out to them strongly enough and they are not aware of it at a certain level. That is where the law comes in, and we need to strengthen it. Our committee should take a lead on this matter and hold more hearings on it as soon as possible so that we can get ahead of the curve.

The Dutch and Danes are quite ahead of us. Will the witnesses speak about what other EU member states are doing and how we compare?