Terry Leyden (Fianna Fail)

I welcome the Minister of State to the House. I commend him and his staff on the amendments they have proposed. The co-operative movement, particularly the Irish Co-operative Organisation Society, has been seeking an increase in the current limits on co-operative shares for some time. The proposed new limits should meet the development needs of the co-operative movement for some years to come. I welcome the Minister of State's proposals.