Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 14 September 2022

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation

General Scheme of Representative Actions for the Protection of the Collective Interests of Consumers Bill 2022: Discussion

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

I thank Mr. Andrews. I have a specific question for him. Has he any designs or ideas for the representative action procedure that will be in place for injunctions and redress actions that can be brought by qualified entities when established? How would he see this working effectively? The legislation sets out how the procedures will work - that qualified entities can seek injunctions, redress measures or both. However, we were also told that these rules could change depending on the view of the Department of Justice on the rules of the court.

Will it be necessary for us to introduce secondary legislation arising out of this in order to be able to proceed? Do the witnesses foresee this design having to be done through legislation or can it be done without additional legislation, assuming this legislation goes through?

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