Mary Butler (Waterford, Fianna Fail)
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Tá fáilte romhat. Ms Heaney's energy and commitment to advocate for CSR are evident in what she has said. I have a couple of questions because my background is in retail. Up until I became a member of this committee I was not aware of the CSR stakeholder forum. Ms Heaney has said an action plan was launched in 2014 and that the forum has about 40 members drawn from different companies. Are they nationwide? Does the forum have a footprint in every county? How does it make SMEs and small businesses aware of its aims? What are some of its achievements to date? How has it supported companies? I noted that Ms Heaney said the Minister was good in supporting the forum and endorsing its message, but it is important to have representatives of the forum here in order that we can also learn about it.