Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 15 May 2014
Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
Competition and Consumer Protection Bill 2014: Committee Stage
2:30 pm
Peadar Tóibín (Meath West, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source
I wish to indicate that I would like to raise on Report Stage the issue of franchisees. I would like to make sure that an individual who operates a small firm as an independent but who is tied into a greater franchise is not covered by the onerous tasks that may be involved, because I do not think that is in the spirit of the legislation.
With regard to the specific amendment, the logic is that a contract is there to protect those at both ends. It should be the case that where that protection is deemed necessary by a supplier, where there is undue pressure, such protection is afforded to them.
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