Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 29 June 2022

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation

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

Ms Clare McNamara:

I will go back to the Deputy's first question on qualified entities and statutory bodies. If a qualified entity applies for designation, we would at that time have to examine if the possible designation would conflict with its founding legislation and make a decision at that time on what to do, or what amendments may need to be made, to founding legislation in order to allow that body to act as a qualified entity. We will not know-----