Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 14 December 2022

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation

General Scheme of the Co-operative Societies Bill 2022: Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment

Photo of Paul GavanPaul Gavan (Sinn Fein)
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I also have a Bill before the Seanad currently. Along with a couple of colleagues, I played a key role in developing our policy document Worker Co-operatives- Ownership Matters.

I welcome both the general scheme and the opening statement from Mr. Shine. However, I have a number of key concerns. I want to try to be constructive about this. First, there is an awful lot of best practice across Europe we can look to. Where did the Department look to for best practice and what were the key learnings in that regard?