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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Engagement with the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment (10 May 2023)
Louise O'Reilly: No, I am sorry. We have considered this matter and we have had hearings on it. We have not issued a report and nor have we come to a position on it. I am asking what the Government's position is on this issue.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Engagement with the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment (10 May 2023)
Louise O'Reilly: Okay. If the Minister could-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Engagement with the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment (10 May 2023)
Louise O'Reilly: Excellent.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Engagement with the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment (10 May 2023)
Louise O'Reilly: No. We are only at the preliminary stage and we have not yet reached an agreement on it.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Engagement with the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment (10 May 2023)
Louise O'Reilly: That is very fair. It would be brilliant if that information could be sent to us. I thank the Minister.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Engagement with the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment (10 May 2023)
Louise O'Reilly: I welcome what the Minister has said about prices. When Government representatives make comparisons with consumer prices in the rest of Europe, it drives people up the wall. They are doing their shopping in their local area, not in France or anywhere else. I welcome what he said about getting prices down in a way that is not at the expense of primary producers. We will all be watching...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Engagement with the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment (10 May 2023)
Louise O'Reilly: I appreciate that, but I did not want to let the point go because it is something that really frustrates people. When people hear about prices elsewhere, what they hear is someone saying, "Well, at least we are doing better than such a place". That is grand but they do not do their shopping there; they do it in their local shop.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Engagement with the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment (10 May 2023)
Louise O'Reilly: Absolutely.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Engagement with the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment (10 May 2023)
Louise O'Reilly: I ask the Minister to be mindful of the time in responding to me.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Engagement with the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment (10 May 2023)
Louise O'Reilly: Creating that pipeline is essential.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Engagement with the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment (10 May 2023)
Louise O'Reilly: I had one very specific question on the directive.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Engagement with the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment (10 May 2023)
Louise O'Reilly: I thank the Minister.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Engagement with the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment (10 May 2023)
Louise O'Reilly: That is excellent. That is a very welcome response. I thank the Minister for that.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Engagement with the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment (10 May 2023)
Louise O'Reilly: It is important that we get this right and use whatever influence we have to ensure this directive is as strong as it can possibly be. To hop neatly from one thing to another, the Minister has referred several times to the advice from the CCPC. Can he share it with us if it is not published? If it is published, I apologise, because I have not seen it. I know the Minister only has a few...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Engagement with the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment (10 May 2023)
Louise O'Reilly: I am sorry to cut across the Minister. In his opinion, does such an emergency exist at the moment, or will we be in the emergency phase if, after the six weeks, which is a lot of grace the Minister is giving to these retailers, prices still have not come down? Would that constitute an emergency then? Whether or not the decision is taken to use that, does the Minister believe the conditions...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Engagement with the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment (10 May 2023)
Louise O'Reilly: I do not mean to say the Minister is not an expert, but what is his view?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Engagement with the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment (10 May 2023)
Louise O'Reilly: That is fair.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Engagement with the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment (10 May 2023)
Louise O'Reilly: No, I appreciate that. However, if the advice is in the context of an emergency, my question was specifically regarding whether the Minister thinks those conditions exist right now, and if not, might they exist in six weeks?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Engagement with the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment (10 May 2023)
Louise O'Reilly: I thank the Minister.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Engagement with the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment (10 May 2023)
Louise O'Reilly: When the Minister talks about co-operatives, it is important to always keep in mind workers' co-operatives. I believe they are an important factor in the forthcoming legislation on which we hope to put some focus. In respect of the CSDDD, at the final meeting of the Ministers before the general approach was agreed, the Minister of State, Deputy Calleary, spoke about the lack of provisions...