Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 19 June 2018

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation

Statement of Strategy 2018-2021: Engagement with the Department of Business, Enterprise and Innovation

4:00 pm

Dr. Orlaigh Quinn:

On the first question about the ODCE, I meet all the agencies at least once a year. They come in and we meet at management board level. That is the formal oversight aspect but we also meet informally as and when required. There is no doubt that, as the Deputy said, the report and the case was very disappointing. It did happen quite a number of years ago and if one looks at the ODCE's annual report, it shows that it has been very successful. In the past year, for example, many company directors have been restricted. There is a lot of working ongoing. Many company directors have been disqualified.