Sean Barrett (Independent) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Minister for reducing the time period and for involving the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission. I commend Ms Isolde Goggin for saying on "Prime Time" that she had not been involved since last April. If this is mending fences and getting proper consultation set up, it is very welcome. The report has been there since 2006 and one can go back 38 years when some of these malpractices and abuses were spoken about. They were ignored in the past six months. It takes much courage for the chair of a quango to bat against a Government policy on a matter. It happens far too frequently that people are overlooked when they should be consulted. This is a welcome development in that it is now in law that people can no longer proceed as if the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission does not exist.