Willie Penrose (Longford-Westmeath, Labour)

I am glad that the two priority Bills are the employment agency regulation Bill and the employment law compliance Bill. I urge the Minister to give those priority in the context of the priority question I tabled in regard to it. I am certainly very eager that they be addressed.

The company law consolidation and reform Bill is extremely important. It is important that the law is clear, not just for directors, members or shareholders but also for employees. It is a major undertaking and I am eager that we should facilitate a committee to examine it in detail and make further improvements even at a prepublication stage and thus expedite the passage of the Bill. If the Minister leaves behind a good codified company law consolidation Act with some reforms he will have left a reasonable legacy.

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