Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 18 June 2013
181. Deputy Andrew Doyle asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he intends to fill the two current vacancies on the National Consumer Agency that have been vacant since 1 May 2013, in view of the fact that it will soon merge with the Competition Authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29048/13]
View answerThe question of the filling of the two vacancies on the Board of the National Consumer Agency is currently under consideration. In so far as the amalgamation of the Agency with the Competition Authority is concerned, work on drafting the legislation to merge both bodies is on-going and the Bill is included in the “A list” in the Government’s current Legislative Programme. Following publication of the Bill and its subsequent consideration by the Oireachtas, I intend to establish the new agency as soon as possible after the enactment of the legislation.
