Dara Calleary (Mayo, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Browne, and Councillor Murphy. He is welcome to give this speech.

The legislation is good news for consumers. It is equally good news for business because it recognises responsible traders and holds to account those traders who flout consumer protection laws. I am confident that once the legislation is enacted, it will strengthen consumers' efforts to correct malpractice by traders. It will do so by providing consumers with a mechanism to take a collective action against an errant trader. I commend the Bill to the House.