Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 15 February 2023

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation

General Scheme of the Cooperative Societies Bill 2022: Discussion

Photo of Louise O'ReillyLouise O'Reilly (Dublin Fingal, Sinn Fein)
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I have one more question after which I will pass over to my colleague, Senator Gavan. We were told in our hearings that the principles have not been updated since the 1980s and that they cannot be amended to include a clause that will insist on co-operatives respecting and upholding workers' rights as a principle. I disagree with this because I believe there is a lot of scope for us in domestic legislation to do what we feel we need to do. I want to ask our guests whether they feel that an additional point should be added to the annex to include a provision for co-operatives respecting and upholding workers' rights as a principle.