Mr. Brian McHugh:

Yes. All our merger decisions, some of which are very detailed, are published. The third-party process is a key part of the whole thing and a useful one from our point of view. When third parties can provide evidence, it is very helpful to us. Another thing we like to do is undertake an ex postanalysis. We are trying to do more of that and have had discussions with other competition bodies on how we can best look back and see what actually happened in a market following a decision we made. It is something we are keen to progress.

Regarding Deputy Cahill's specific question about the rendering sector, I am not aware of an investigation into that sector. We have received a number of complaints in that regard recently but I am not in a position to comment on the parties involved and whether there may be potential for practices that are happening to be used as a weapon by one business, as the Deputy describes, to influence prices elsewhere.