Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I answered a question on this matter recently. The Office of the Parliamentary Counsel provided revised drafts of the Bill relating to the amalgamation of the NCA and the Competition Authority on 28 June. It also sent a memorandum to the Department on a number of legal issues on 21 June. A response to most of the issues raised was sent back to the Parliamentary Counsel on 8 July. On the media and mergers provision, the Parliamentary Counsel raised a series of detailed questions on 25 June. These are being considered by the Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation and the Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources. While the Bill is at a very advanced stage, publication will not happen before the Dáil rises for the summer recess and that is because of the very detailed nature of the questions which came back.

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