Tommy Broughan (Dublin Bay North, Independent) | Oireachtas source

As the Minister knows, almost 20% of the world's population are members of co-operatives of one kind or another in an economic sphere with perhaps 300 million workers. We have our own tradition with the Irish Co-operative Organisation Society and the credit union movement in particular. I recently asked a series of questions about the kind of supports we give co-operatives and whether the 31 local enterprise offices, Enterprise Ireland and other organisations could do more to promote the co-operative ideal and encourage more startups.

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