Linda Nelson Murray (Fine Gael)

I offer huge apologies. I am running in and out because I am at two committees at the same time.

I mentioned something about this issue last week. I am learning a lot about all this, and a lot of businesses and companies want to do the right thing when it comes to human rights but at the same time, as a business owner myself in the SME sector, we really do not need any more stuff on our shoulders. This is especially so with flat structure companies where the owners are doing everything themselves. This question might have already been answered, but I reference a point made in the opening statement, "For SMEs that are direct business partners of in-scope companies ... the amount of information they are required to provide during due diligence mapping will be limited, especially for those with fewer than 500 employees. This is something SMEs will have to work on to send to the bigger company they are dealing with. Do the officials think it will take a couple of hours a year? How much information do they think will be needed? Has it been looked at down to the level, for example, of Jack Smith's company dealing with the company that has 1,000 employees somewhere along the chain and how much information his company will have to send in? I have a small business in mind.