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Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Competition and Consumer Protection Bill 2014: Committee Stage (15 May 2014)

Richard Bruton: I move amendment No. 17: In page 45, line 20, to delete “2009;”,” and substitute the following:“2009; ‘Council Regulation’ means Council Regulation (EC) No. 139/2004 of 20 January 20041 on the control of concentrations between undertakings;”,”.This amendment involves a grammatical change.

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Competition and Consumer Protection Bill 2014: Committee Stage (15 May 2014)

Richard Bruton: I move amendment No. 18: In page 45, line 24, to delete “deleting the definition of “Commission”,” and substitute the following:“substituting the following definition for the definition of “Commission”:“ ‘Commission’ means the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission;”,”.This is a technical amendment.

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Competition and Consumer Protection Bill 2014: Committee Stage (15 May 2014)

Richard Bruton: I move amendment No. 19: In page 45, line 26, to delete “and”.This is a technical amendment to delete the word "and". Amendments Nos. 19 and 20 have been grouped and refer to the definition of "undertaking" in section 3 of the Competition Act 2002. The definition is being revised to include, where the context so admits, an association of undertakings. This brings the...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Competition and Consumer Protection Bill 2014: Committee Stage (15 May 2014)

Richard Bruton: I move amendment No. 20: In page 45, line 30, to delete “2009;”.” and substitute the following:“2009;”,and(f) by substituting the following definition for the definition of “undertaking”:“ ‘undertaking’ means a person being an individual, a body corporate or an unincorporated body of persons engaged for gain in the...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Competition and Consumer Protection Bill 2014: Committee Stage (15 May 2014)

Richard Bruton: I move amendment No. 21: In page 45, after line 33, to insert the following:“Amendment of section 14A of Act of 2002 48. Section 14A of the Act of 2002 is amended by inserting the following subsection after subsection (5):“(5A) (a) Where, in an action under subsection (1), the competent authority seeks relief by way of interlocutory injunction, the Court shall not, save in...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Competition and Consumer Protection Bill 2014: Committee Stage (15 May 2014)

Richard Bruton: I move amendment No. 22: In page 46, before line 1, to insert the following:“Amendment of section 14B of Act of 2002 49. Section 14B of the Act of 2002 is amended—(a) in subsection (1), by substituting the following paragraph for paragraph (a):“(a) following an investigation referred to in—(i) paragraph (c) of subsection (1) of section 8 of the Competition and...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Competition and Consumer Protection Bill 2014: Committee Stage (15 May 2014)

Richard Bruton: I move amendment No. 23: In page 47, lines 26 to 28, to delete from “3A.” in line 26 down to and including “section 26.”.” in line 28 and substitute the following:“3A.”.”.This is a drafting amendment to remove the superfluous provision intended to aid interpretation of the words "commitment" and "determination".

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Competition and Consumer Protection Bill 2014: Committee Stage (15 May 2014)

Richard Bruton: I have just outlined the mechanics and experience of filling vacancies in the membership of the Competition Authority. In regard to Deputy Calleary's amendment, the way it works is that if a longer-term vacancy arises we appoint a person under the PAS system, and in the shorter term we operate under section 10(3)(b). I do not think the Deputy's amendment adds anything. Clearly, the...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Competition and Consumer Protection Bill 2014: Committee Stage (15 May 2014)

Richard Bruton: There is some merit in what Deputy Calleary suggests. If the Minister is agreeable, I will revert on Report Stage and get advice on what he proposed.

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Competition and Consumer Protection Bill 2014: Committee Stage (15 May 2014)

Richard Bruton: Having considered the proposed amendment, I have concluded that it has the dual impact of removing the requirement that any direction made by the Minister under section 18 be given in writing and changing the nature of that direction from the current requirement to comply with the direction to one of requesting the commission to comply. Removal of the written element is the more problematic...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Competition and Consumer Protection Bill 2014: Committee Stage (15 May 2014)

Richard Bruton: There is nothing sinister in what we are doing here. I note that the amendment from Deputy Tóibín seeks to delete the list of issues on which the Committee of Public Accounts can seek evidence from the chairperson of the new competition and consumer protection commission. These are standard issues which differentiate the deliberations of the Committee of Public Accounts from the...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Competition and Consumer Protection Bill 2014: Committee Stage (15 May 2014)

Richard Bruton: The proposed amendment essentially changes the thrust of the provision in the Bill from the Minister having the power to issue directions or guidelines to the commission concerning the preparation of the work programme, with which the commission must imply, to a provision which sees the Minister requesting the commission to consider any guidelines the Minister issues, which the commission may...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Competition and Consumer Protection Bill 2014: Committee Stage (15 May 2014)

Richard Bruton: It is judged that it would be too long for a summary offence.

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Competition and Consumer Protection Bill 2014: Committee Stage (15 May 2014)

Richard Bruton: I move amendment No. 4: In page 9, between lines 11 and 12, to insert the following:"Transitional provisions relating to mergers 5.Where a merger or acquisition was notified under Part 3 of the Act of 2002 before the commencement of section 5(1)(a)and Parts 3and 4, then, upon such commencement, the Act of 2002 shall apply to the merger or acquisition as if the amendments effected by section...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Competition and Consumer Protection Bill 2014: Committee Stage (15 May 2014)

Richard Bruton: I cannot accept this amendment. The provision in the Bill is a standard provision, that I, as Minister, may appoint by order a day to be the establishment day of the new Competition and Consumer Protection Commission, and I intend to commence it as soon as possible after the Bill is passed. We should not be putting into primary legislation such matters as a date. The approach is that I...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Competition and Consumer Protection Bill 2014: Committee Stage (15 May 2014)

Richard Bruton: Under the proposed legislation, the new Competition and Consumer Protection Commission will be independent in the carrying out of its functions and duties. In this context, it will have to operate within the legislative framework set out in the Competition and Consumer Protection Act and the obligations placed on it by EU legislation. Resources will be made available to the new commission...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Competition and Consumer Protection Bill 2014: Committee Stage (15 May 2014)

Richard Bruton: Under the Bill, provision is made for the appointments being made to the new Competition and Consumer Protection Commission following an open recruitment competition to be run by the PAS. This replicates the system that currently exists for the Competition Authority. The mechanics of advertising, interviewing and then taking into account the need for successful applicants to give some...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Competition and Consumer Protection Bill 2014: Committee Stage (15 May 2014)

Richard Bruton: I move amendment No. 8: In page 16, line 6, to delete "A member of the Commission" and substitute "Subject to subsection (13), a member of the Commission".These amendments to section 10 provide for a maximum of two terms for future members of the commission. This will only apply to members appointed after the commission has been established as current members were appointed with no maximum...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Competition and Consumer Protection Bill 2014: Committee Stage (15 May 2014)

Richard Bruton: I move amendment No. 9: In page 16, between lines 7 and 8, to insert the following:"(13) A member of the Commission who has served 2 terms of office shall not be eligible for reappointment to the Commission, and any period during which a person serves as a member of the Commission by virtue of subsection (1)shall, for the purposes of this subsection, be deemed not to be a term of office.".

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Competition and Consumer Protection Bill 2014: Committee Stage (15 May 2014)

Richard Bruton: I move amendment No. 3: In page 9, between lines 7 and 8, to insert the following:"Time limit for institution of summary proceedings4.Notwithstanding section 10(4) of the Petty Sessions (Ireland) Act 1851, summary proceedings for an offence under this Act may be instituted within 2 years from the date on which the offence was alleged to have been committed.".This amendment extends the time...