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Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 8 May 2014

Thursday, 8 May 2014

Ceisteanna (92)

Dara Calleary

Ceist:

92. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will set out in tabular form the number of proposed merger transactions examined by the Competition Authority in each year since 2003; the number that the authority has prevented from proceeding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20625/14]

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Information on merger transactions is publicly available from Annual Reports of the Competition Authority and is set out as follows for the years in question.

Year

Notified Mergers

Mergers that were not permitted to be put into effect

2003

47

0

2004

81

1

2005

84

0

2006

98

1

2007

72

0

2008

37

1

2009

27

0

2010

46

0

2011

40

0

2012

33

0

2013

37

0

Total

602

3

-

% blocked

0.50

It should be noted that a proportion of the mergers cleared to be put into effect were subject to conditions, specified by the Competition Authority, being complied with. Over the same period, 3,284 merger notifications were made to the European Commission and of those 0.18% were not allowed to be put into effect.

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