Peadar Tóibín (Meath West, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I move amendment No. 34:

In page 82, line 12, after "goods," to insert "newspaper and magazine distribution companies".

A number of organisations have made representations to me on how they are treated under the legislation. A large number of newsagents throughout the country feel the issue of newspapers and magazines should be included. One of their major fears is that an uneven balance of power exists between some newspaper distribution companies and newsagents. In their experience these oligopolies exert unfair leverage when trading with them because there are only two suppliers or distributors while there are hundreds of newsagents. In their experience they have had no option but to accept whatever has been dictated to them. The amendment was submitted in an effort to even out the power structure in the market.

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