Paul Gavan (Sinn Fein)
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I thank all of the speakers for their presentations. They are all very welcome. I want to revisit the issue of worker co-operatives because the lack of progress on worker co-operatives in this State is in stark contrast to that in other states, such as France, Spain and Italy, where they do have specific legal definitions of worker co-operatives. I know our colleagues in UCC are familiar with research from De Barbieri, Corcoran and Wilson, and Nolan who outline how important a legal definition of a worker co-operative would be. I will direct this question to our colleagues from UCC in particular. Will they point to a country that has successfully developed a worker co-operative sector without having a legal definition of a worker co-operative?