Ms Breda Power:

On co-operatives, at the end of 2016 the Department issued a consultation paper on a review of the industrial and provident society legislation, which includes co-operatives. We received nine responses. One mentioned worker co-operatives, but it was more for research purposes. It was not raised as a specific issue in response to the consultation paper. We are looking at the legislation with a view to bringing forward proposals to be presented to the Minister on industrial and provident societies.