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Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Competition and Consumer Protection Bill 2014: Committee Stage (15 May 2014)

Damien English: Amendments Nos. 55 and 59 are related and will be discussed together.

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Competition and Consumer Protection Bill 2014: Committee Stage (15 May 2014)

Damien English: How stands the amendment?

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Competition and Consumer Protection Bill 2014: Committee Stage (15 May 2014)

Damien English: Amendments Nos. 52 and 66 are related and may be discussed together by agreement.

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Competition and Consumer Protection Bill 2014: Committee Stage (15 May 2014)

Damien English: Amendments Nos. 50 and 51 are related and may be discussed together.

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Competition and Consumer Protection Bill 2014: Committee Stage (15 May 2014)

Damien English: Is the Deputy withdrawing the amendment?

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Competition and Consumer Protection Bill 2014: Committee Stage (15 May 2014)

Damien English: Amendment No. 45 is in the names of Deputies Tóibín and Calleary.

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Competition and Consumer Protection Bill 2014: Committee Stage (15 May 2014)

Damien English: Amendments Nos. 25, 26 and 30 are consequential on amendment No. 24 and they may be discussed together by agreement.

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Competition and Consumer Protection Bill 2014: Committee Stage (15 May 2014)

Damien English: Acceptance of amendment No. 28 involves the deletion of section 54 of the Bill.

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Competition and Consumer Protection Bill 2014: Committee Stage (15 May 2014)

Damien English: Amendments Nos. 17, 32 to 35, inclusive, and 38 to 41, inclusive, are related and will be discussed together.

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Competition and Consumer Protection Bill 2014: Committee Stage (15 May 2014)

Damien English: Amendment No. 19 is consequential on amendment No. 20 and they will be discussed together.

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Competition and Consumer Protection Bill 2014: Committee Stage (15 May 2014)

Damien English: Acceptance of amendment No. 22 involves the deletion of section 48 of the Bill.

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Competition and Consumer Protection Bill 2014: Committee Stage (15 May 2014)

Damien English: Amendments Nos. 8 and 9 are related and may be discussed together by agreement.

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Competition and Consumer Protection Bill 2014: Committee Stage (15 May 2014)

Damien English: The Competition and Consumer Protection Bill 2014 was referred to the select committee by an order of the Dáil on 16 April 2014. I welcome the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, Deputy Richard Bruton, and his officials, some of whom came before the committee last week. I thank them for their efforts on briefing the committee. I ask all committee members to switch off their...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Access to Finance for SMEs (Resumed): Credit Review Office and Chambers Ireland (6 May 2014)

Damien English: Mr. Murphy has covered nearly everything. Aside from the Government schemes, is the cost of credit to business an issue in comparison with our neighbouring countries or are we okay on that? Is the issue raised with Chambers Ireland?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Access to Finance for SMEs (Resumed): Credit Review Office and Chambers Ireland (6 May 2014)

Damien English: Does it affect growth?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Access to Finance for SMEs (Resumed): Credit Review Office and Chambers Ireland (6 May 2014)

Damien English: It has not been raised here during this debate, which is confusing me because I thought it would be raised.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Access to Finance for SMEs (Resumed): Credit Review Office and Chambers Ireland (6 May 2014)

Damien English: We should address the issue.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Access to Finance for SMEs (Resumed): Credit Review Office and Chambers Ireland (6 May 2014)

Damien English: We will examine them. I appreciate Mr. Murphy's coming here and I thank both witnesses. There are other issues we want to discuss with them and they are due to return here in June. We might try to combine that with the procurement issue. We will adjourn for two minutes as we prepare for the presentation on the Competition and Consumer Protection Bill.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Access to Finance for SMEs (Resumed): Credit Review Office and Chambers Ireland (6 May 2014)

Damien English: The Minister’s private secretary was on to the committee recently to say that it is live-to-go.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Access to Finance for SMEs (Resumed): Credit Review Office and Chambers Ireland (6 May 2014)

Damien English: Yes, it has been two years in the making.