Ivor Callely (Fianna Fail)

I have already indicated my support for Senator Donohoe's recommendations. We need to do everything we can to support the smart economy, innovative start-up companies and intellectual property rights. I intend to communicate with the Minister for Finance on the issue of liquidation, although I accept it is more relevant to company law than the Department of Finance.

In regard to the Committee Stage recommendation on primary care centres, I do not have an interest in intellectual property, primary care units or nursing homes. My family may well have such interests or my family and I may have in the future.

In terms of collective government responsibility, at times it seems like there is little compatibility between Government policies and the desire to provide incentives through the Department of Finance to further these policies. Examples include the Government's policies on intellectual property, the smart economy, primary care centres and nursing homes. That is why I support Senator Donohoe's recommendations on the smart economy and innovative start-up companies.