Thomas Byrne (Meath East, Fianna Fail)

I am astounded that I am in general agreement with Deputy Varadkar's comments last night and I commend him for his honesty on this issue and on a number of his proposals. We often disagree on various issues but some of his comments made sense. I also read the European case law to which Deputy Michael D. Higgins referred in his contribution on the Internet earlier and I cannot for the life of me see its relevance to competition policy, competition law and its implications for self-employed professionals.

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