The Competition Authority has received a wide-ranging report on the professions from its consultants and is now taking the result of that work into account in finalising its study. At this stage I will not comment in detail on the work which has to be done, other than to say that it is disturbing to see the list of restrictions which exist across the range of professions. It is important that vested interests are not permitted to maintain the status quo because in many cases this militates directly against our fight to be competitive and provide consumers, whether they purchase services or goods, with the best deal possible at every level.