Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 15 December 2021

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation

Companies Registration Office: Discussion

Mr. John Newham:

I thank the Deputy for her question. I might refer to my colleague, Mr. Shine, shortly, because he is dealing with that piece of legislation. I do not disagree with any of the points the Deputy has raised on the model. Frankly, it is a goal for us to place a co-operative model on a similar basis, in terms of the attention it is given, as companies, for all the reasons set out by the Deputy. The short answer to the Deputy's question is that it is a big piece of legislation. It is going to be quite considerable. We are nearly there with the general scheme. I hope to go to Government at some point in February 2022 with a general scheme with a view to going through pre-legislative scrutiny with the committee. On the content of the legislation, without giving too much away at this stage because we have not proposed it to our Minister, we will perhaps touch on some of the items that the Deputy might expect to see in the general scheme of the legislation. I refer to my colleague, Mr. Shine.