Competition and Consumer Protection Commission

Tuesday, 19 November 2019

Questions (291)

Robert Troy

Question:

291. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the number of investigative cases commenced for suspected anti-competitive conduct that does not fall within the definition of a cartel to the end of quarter 3 2019 on an annual basis since the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission was established; the number of inspections carried out; the number of prosecutions made; the number of fines issued; the value of fines issued; the number of collected and uncollected fines; the average fine per case in which fines issue; and the average length of anti-competitive investigations to date in tabular form. [47154/19]

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Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation

The Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (CCPC) is the statutory body responsible for the enforcement of domestic and EU competition law in the State. Section 9 (5) of the Competition and Consumer Protection Act 2014 provides that the Commission is independent in the performance of its functions. As investigation matters generally are part of the day-to-day operational work of the Commission, I, as Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation, have no direct function in these matters.

The information sought by the Deputy in relation to civil investigative actions has been provided by the CCPC and is set out in the table in the link below for the period 31 October 2014 to 30 September 2019.

CCPC Data