Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 20 September 2023

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation

General Scheme of the Microenterprise Loan Fund (Amendment) Bill 2023: Discussion

Photo of Louise O'ReillyLouise O'Reilly (Dublin Fingal, Sinn Fein)
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I thank the officials for coming in this morning and giving us the outline. As said, it is somewhat technical in nature, so there is not a huge amount to say about it. I have just one or two questions, related to Ms Carberry's submission.

Ms Carberry stated the existing governance structure in place for MFI already contains many of the aspects of governance applicable to State bodies. Therefore, is the intention effectively to make it a State body and stack into it additional governance and oversight functions? Will it be different? How will it work?