Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 2 February 2021
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
Pre-legislative Scrutiny of the General Scheme of the Competition (Amendment) Bill 2021
Ms Clare McNamara:
I am looking at section 18 of the 2014 Act at the moment, which provides that such persons should be entitled to the same immunities and privileges as witnesses before the High Court. It does not necessarily go into who they may or may not bring with them but if they are entitled to the same privileges as witnesses before the High Court, they probably would be entitled to legal representation, although that is a good question. We will certainly examine it when we begin drafting that part of the Bill and I thank the Deputy for raising it.
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