Gerry Adams (Louth, Sinn Fein)

I have one question about consumer regulators. The National Consumer Agency was established in 2007 to protect and promote consumers' rights. In 2008, it was announced that it would be amalgamated with the Competition Authority which, it appears to me, is a totally different body responsible for enforcing Irish and European competition law. The National Consumer Agency has a good record of defending consumer rights in a number of disputes, including the one involving Aer Lingus. It is now 2012, so can the Taoiseach give us some sense of where this merger stands? Will legislation be introduced and, if so, when? Can the Taoiseach give a commitment that this merger will not in any way reduce the service provided and the role played by the National Consumer Agency in defending and promoting consumers' rights?

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