Thomas Byrne (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I have no objection to this proposal which I support, but I wish to highlight the failures of this and the last Government in regard to mergers in general. The merger of the Competition Authority and the National Consumer Agency was announced as long ago as late 2008. It struggled under the last Government and seems to be struggling under this one. There are many other examples of agencies that could and should be merged, and some of them have been on the cards for the past four years. I would like to see much more progress being made in that regard.