Michael Ahern (Cork East, Fianna Fail)

Does the Deputy realise that as a result large elements of the service economy would be exempted from the provisions of the Competition Act? What this would mean, in effect, is that members of professional bodies such as barristers, solicitors and architects, to mention just a few, could band together, add "union" to their name and apply for a negotiating licence under trade union legislation.

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