Ruairi Quinn (Dublin South East, Labour)
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Question 98: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the current status of the work of the Company Law Review Group; the time frame for the publication of legislation following the reports of the group; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2534/11]

Billy Kelleher (Cork North Central, Fianna Fail)
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The Company Law Review Group (CLRG) is currently working on its 2010-2012 Work Programme which I assigned to it in March 2010. While there is no obligation on my part to legislate in respect of any recommendation from the CLRG, the main focus of the Group's work to date has been in relation to the General Scheme of the Companies Consolidation and Reform Bill which was published in July 2007. The proposed Bill will consolidate all the existing Irish Companies Acts, dating from 1963 to 2009, as well as other Regulations and common law provisions relating to the incorporation and operation of companies into a single Act, comprising more than 1,300 sections. Given its size and complexity it is envisaged that the Bill will be published in 2012.