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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Groceries Sector: Discussion with the Competition Authority and the National Consumer Agency (16 Jul 2013)

Andrew Doyle: We will let Ms Goggin finish her answer.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Groceries Sector: Discussion with the Competition Authority and the National Consumer Agency (16 Jul 2013)

Andrew Doyle: On the other hand, can Ms Goggin confirm that the Competition Authority would be in a position to raid one of those in the same manner? Would they constitute an entity that could be seen to form a cartel or organise price-fixing?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Groceries Sector: Discussion with the Competition Authority and the National Consumer Agency (16 Jul 2013)

Andrew Doyle: Okay.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Groceries Sector: Discussion with the Competition Authority and the National Consumer Agency (16 Jul 2013)

Andrew Doyle: To clarify that, in the case of the one that has been confirmed on the producers, was that on foot of a complaint or what prompted that raid to take place in the first place?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Groceries Sector: Discussion with the Competition Authority and the National Consumer Agency (16 Jul 2013)

Andrew Doyle: We have probably pursued this as far as we can. Going back to what was said here earlier, it does indicate that the Competition Authority itself is aware of people coming to it confidentially who are concerned about dominance. Yet the authority is afraid to proceed, even through the existing legislation. That issue must be examined. Does Senator O'Keeffe wish to add something?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Groceries Sector: Discussion with the Competition Authority and the National Consumer Agency (16 Jul 2013)

Andrew Doyle: No, I am happy enough to sum up at the end. The question I wanted to ask has already been asked.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Groceries Sector: Discussion with the Competition Authority and the National Consumer Agency (16 Jul 2013)

Andrew Doyle: Does Deputy Pringle have a supplementary question?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Groceries Sector: Discussion with the Competition Authority and the National Consumer Agency (16 Jul 2013)

Andrew Doyle: I thank the delegations for their presentations. It is appropriate the two agencies were the ones that concluded our hearings on the code of conduct for the grocery sector. They are both involved in protecting the public interest. This has got a European dimension to it now as there has been a response by retailers for a voluntary code at European level. There are still concerns that...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Diplomatic Representation Issues (17 Jul 2013)

Andrew Doyle: 55. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans to open an embassy in Croatia, in view of its recent accession the European Union, if he will replace the existing honorary consul; his views that such an embassy would be able to manage the wider Irish interests in the Western Balkans, in view of the fact that numerous nations in the region are candidates for...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Diplomatic Representation Issues (17 Jul 2013)

Andrew Doyle: 56. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans to appoint a new honorary consul in Lima, Peru, following the position becoming vacant on 1 August 2013; the medium to long-term plans he has for visa applications rather than applications being sent to the embassy of Ireland in Mexico City, Mexico; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35771/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: EU Directives (17 Jul 2013)

Andrew Doyle: 81. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Questions No. 169 of 28 May 2013, and 72 on 11 July 2013, if he will detail the representations received by the Central Bank of Ireland from industry stakeholders and organisation regarding the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive regarding the expansion or watering down of the Directive; if he will provide a full list of the...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Government Elections (17 Jul 2013)

Andrew Doyle: 192. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if a person who was elected to a local authority as a member of a registered political party, who subsequently resigns from the said party and later goes on to resign from the local authority; if that vacancy should be filled by either co-option by the party under whose banner they were elected under, or through a...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Government Elections (17 Jul 2013)

Andrew Doyle: 193. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 182 of 26 June 2013, if a person is permitted under current electoral law to run for a position on a County or City Council in two or more local electoral areas of the same local authority during the 2014 Local Elections; if a person who is elected to the same local authority for two...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Peace Commissioners (17 Jul 2013)

Andrew Doyle: 209. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he is considering the reform of the role of peace commissioners here in view of the fact that the current legislation governing their role is old, namely, the Courts of Justice Act 1924; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that although peace commissioners continue to have powers to issue warrants under a small number of statutes,...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: European Council Meetings (17 Jul 2013)

Andrew Doyle: 236. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide an update on the conclusions of the first Agriculture and Fisheries Council Agri-Fish during the Lithuanian EU Presidency that took place on 15 July 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35691/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances Issues (17 Jul 2013)

Andrew Doyle: 268. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 665 of 2 July 2013 regarding the Health Service Executive management team that established a national control group to oversee the introduction of universal ownership for the reuse of foldable walkers, walking sticks and crutches from previous patients are made available for new patients, with sterilisation to ensure...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Ministerial Appointments (17 Jul 2013)

Andrew Doyle: 280. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the appointments to the board of Aer Lingus as ministerial nominees over the past seven years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35808/13]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Green Paper on Defence (18 Jul 2013)

Andrew Doyle: 589. To ask the Minister for Defence the discussions he has had with officials in his Department and the Irish Defence Forces regarding a policy review and a detailed discussion document of Irish defence policy; when he expects the new Green Paper on Defence to be published, followed by a White Paper on Defence; the number of meetings held to date and the date on which the meetings took place...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: EU Directives (18 Jul 2013)

Andrew Doyle: 31. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Questions No. 169 of 28 May 2013 and No. 72 on 11 July 2013, if he will detail the representations received by the Permanent Representation of Ireland to the European Union in Brussels from industry stakeholders and organisations regarding the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive regarding...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Consular Services Provision (18 Jul 2013)

Andrew Doyle: 38. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide an update on the capabilities of the State's emergency consular assistance team; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36159/13]