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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Companies (Corporate Enforcement Authority) Bill 2018: Discussion (19 Feb 2019)

Mary Butler: I thank Mr. Drennan for his frank answer.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Companies (Corporate Enforcement Authority) Bill 2018: Discussion (19 Feb 2019)

Mary Butler: Yes. What would Mr. Drennan prefer?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Companies (Corporate Enforcement Authority) Bill 2018: Discussion (19 Feb 2019)

Mary Butler: Perfect.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Companies (Corporate Enforcement Authority) Bill 2018: Discussion (19 Feb 2019)

Mary Butler: I thank Mr. Drennan. I call Deputy Lawless.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Companies (Corporate Enforcement Authority) Bill 2018: Discussion (19 Feb 2019)

Mary Butler: Does Deputy Kelleher wish to contribute again briefly?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Companies (Corporate Enforcement Authority) Bill 2018: Discussion (19 Feb 2019)

Mary Butler: I do not think the director can answer that question.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Companies (Corporate Enforcement Authority) Bill 2018: Discussion (19 Feb 2019)

Mary Butler: Has the Senator concluded?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Companies (Corporate Enforcement Authority) Bill 2018: Discussion (19 Feb 2019)

Mary Butler: Does Mr. Drennan want to let Mr. Hegarty and Mr. O'Mahony come in to answer?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Companies (Corporate Enforcement Authority) Bill 2018: Discussion (19 Feb 2019)

Mary Butler: I will let Senators Humphreys and O'Reilly in and then we will conclude.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Companies (Corporate Enforcement Authority) Bill 2018: Discussion (19 Feb 2019)

Mary Butler: Senators Humphreys and Reilly can ask a brief supplementary.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Companies (Corporate Enforcement Authority) Bill 2018: Discussion (19 Feb 2019)

Mary Butler: It should be very final.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Companies (Corporate Enforcement Authority) Bill 2018: Discussion (19 Feb 2019)

Mary Butler: Senator Humphreys has been patient.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Companies (Corporate Enforcement Authority) Bill 2018: Discussion (19 Feb 2019)

Mary Butler: I will take a final short question from Senator Reilly.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Companies (Corporate Enforcement Authority) Bill 2018: Discussion (19 Feb 2019)

Mary Butler: I thank Mr. Drennan and his team for coming in today to brief the committee. It has been very worthwhile. I would like to put on the record that there has been much communication to and fro, but at no stage did the witnesses ever refuse to appear before the committee. If we have some more questions and if we need them to come back before we conclude our pre-legislative scrutiny of this...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Companies (Corporate Enforcement Authority) Bill 2018: Discussion (19 Feb 2019)

Mary Butler: I thank Mr. Drennan.

Consumer Protection (Gift Vouchers) Bill 2018 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (14 Feb 2019)

Mary Butler: I welcome the opportunity to contribute to the debate. I am the Chairman of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Business, Enterprise and Innovation. My committee colleagues, including Deputy Quinlivan, and I have spent quite a bit of time focusing on the issue of gift vouchers. We carried out pre-legislative scrutiny on a Bill brought forward by a colleague of mine, Deputy Niall Collins, and...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (14 Feb 2019)

Mary Butler: Recently, the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection contacted approximately 70,000 pensioners who are affected by the pensions anomalies brought about by the then Minister for Social Protection in 2012. Many pensioners have lost out to the tune of €30 per week. Is there a timeline for when these people will have a decision? I accept it is on a case-by-case basis but...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (13 Feb 2019)

Mary Butler: I also wish to raise the VAT increase on food supplements from 1 March, as I did last week. MacuShield is taken by many older people for macular degeneration. As my colleague said, the Taoiseach used the term "snake oil" in reference to some supplements. However, various health studies show that many supplements, including MacuShield, are of benefit to many. Will there be an exemption for...

Comptroller and Auditor General (Amendment) Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (12 Feb 2019)

Mary Butler: The cost overruns of the national children's hospital underline the need for enhanced oversight of public spending in the national development plan. Capital spending must be about more than ribbon-cutting by Ministers and glossy launch brochures. It has to be about more than spin and photo opportunities. After all, this is taxpayers' money we are talking about. This Bill is a practical...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (12 Feb 2019)

Mary Butler: 400. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) will have a follow-up appointment at University Hospital Waterford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6499/19]