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

Dr. Olive McCarthy:

The legislation states "as appropriate to the size and complexity of the organisation". We see this in the credit union legislation as well. In regard to reserves, the co-operative decides what happens to that reserve and what it is used for. In a sense it is the rainy day fund as no organisation can predict-----