Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 19 February 2019

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation

General Scheme of the Companies (Corporate Enforcement Authority) Bill 2018: Discussion

Mr. Ian Drennan:

With more complex investigations, which is effectively the majority of what we do, there is an ongoing dialogue. That ongoing dialogue obviously respects the independence of both parties but generally speaking, the DPP will take in the file and if it is in any way complicated, it generally will engage counsel to give advices on proofs. Issues will undoubtedly arise out of that and there are discussions around a whole range of issues, about which I will not go into the detail, but that dialogue is ongoing and as I said earlier, we have an excellent working relationship with the DPP.