Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 13 October 2021

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation

General Scheme of the Consumer Rights Bill 2021: Discussion

Photo of Louise O'ReillyLouise O'Reilly (Dublin Fingal, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I thank Ms McNamara and her team for the comprehensive presentation. The witnesses are aware, as we are in my office, that this is budget week. It is, therefore, probably not the best week for us to consider a heavy piece of lengthy legislation. I appreciate the work that has gone into the scheme. Perhaps the committee will have an opportunity to engage with some of the people who contributed in order for us to have a broader discussion on it. This is an important piece of legislation and the intention is to get it right. I acknowledge the significant amount of work that has clearly gone into it already.

I have a few questions. As it is budget week, we are all a bit stretched, no more than the witnesses are. Head 10 states that provisions of the Act will provide for, among others, a reduction in the price of digital content, digital services, goods or services. Will Ms McNamara briefly explain how that will manifest itself? It is clearly an intention of the Bill, but in what way will we see the impact of that in practice?

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