Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 1 October 2019

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation

Competition Law and Trade Associations: Discussion

Ms Isolde Goggin:

I do not believe that we would have not taken steps if substantial evidence had been brought forward. What we mean by substantial evidence might be different to different people. We have had people claim they have given us substantial evidence when what they gave us was a newspaper report of a press release that they had issued. That is not evidence. What we need is actual witness evidence of people on the ground having seen something untoward which could constitute a crime and be willing to speak about it.

I have to say that in defence of due process and the way that we operate. We cannot go on fishing expeditions carrying out raids and abusing our powers in a way that would be completely unlawful, unconstitutional and detrimental to our mission.

We certainly look at public procurement. Was it procurement in general that the Deputy was asking about?

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