Pat Breen (Clare, Fine Gael)
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Question 96: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when the National Consumer Agency will be put on a statutory footing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31907/06]

Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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Preparations in relation to the establishment of the new National Consumer Agency are well underway. The General Scheme of the Consumer Protection (National Consumer Agency) Bill, which will give statutory effect to the new Agency, was published by my Department on 24th August 2006. The scheme of the Bill is currently with Parliamentary Counsel for priority drafting as agreed by the Government. I expect that the Bill itself will be published during this session and that the new National Consumer Agency will be established on a statutory basis early in 2007.