Joint Committee on Enterprise, Trade and Employment to begin Pre-Legislative Scrutiny of the Competition (Amendment) Bill 2021

The meeting at 1pm in Committee Room 2 of Leinster House will be briefed by officials from the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment on the Heads of the Bill.

Committee Chairman Deputy Maurice Quinlivan said: “This Bill is designed to transpose into Irish law the ECN+ EU directive, which proposes to make the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission and the Commission for Communication Regulation more effective in overseeing and enforcing competition law. The Committee looks forward to hearing from the Department officials as part of our scrutiny of this legislation, which we understand is a priority for the Government.”

The Joint Committee on Enterprise, Trade and Employment has 14 Members, nine from the Dáil and five from the Seanad.

The meeting in Committee Room 2 can be viewed live on Oireachtas TV.

Committee proceedings can also be viewed on the Houses of the Oireachtas Smartphone App, available for Apple and Android devices.