Mary Coughlan (Donegal South West, Fianna Fail)

The company law consolidation and reform Bill is a substantial piece of legislation. The normal pro forma answer would be that it would be difficult to ascertain when we will be able to discuss it. However, yesterday I took the opportunity to brief myself on the matter. My predecessor consulted the Attorney General and it might be appropriate for Deputy Penrose as Chairman of the Committee on Enterprise, Trade and Employment to examine a format in which we could deal with this legislation because it will take a considerable amount of time and there will need to be much briefing before the discussion. Perhaps we could do that with Deputy Penrose and a number of the committee members.

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