Michael Healy-Rae (Kerry, Independent) | Oireachtas source

Anything I will say is absolutely nothing personal against the Minister of State. She is an excellent person and I admire her very much on a personal basis. In the honour of God, however, has the Government gone simple or what? Look at what it is doing. The Companies (Corporate Governance, Enforcement and Regulatory Provisions) Bill aims to enhance and strengthen the enforcement and regulatory provisions within the Companies Act 2014. A Cheann Comhairle, you have been around for a long time. The Government is talking about governance and more regulations at a time when 50 restaurants a week are closing in Ireland. There are more small businesses, including small shops and hairdressers, shutting down. There are people going out of business like the birds migrating, and here we have people talking about more corporate governance. My good God, if anybody were looking in at this tonight, they would say the Government had gone simple. If I thought it was doing something to help business, if I thought that tonight was about helping people-----

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