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

Mr. Jeremy Godfrey:

Yes. If the courts or, on the competition side, the CCPC through its new adjudication mechanism find an infringement and valid evidence in a follow-on action - and this is certainly seen on the competition side which is outside the scope of this Bill - the qualified entity, QE, would not have to prove the infringement. It would be able to rely on the previous finding. Again that will depend very much on the precise nature of the-----

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