Liz McManus (Wicklow, Labour)
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Question 66: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of on-the-spot fines for breaches of consumer law imposed to date under the terms of the Consumer Protection (Fixed Payment Notice) Regulations 2007; the type of breaches in each case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8345/08]

Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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The Consumer Protection (Fixed Payment Notice) Regulations 2007 (S.I. No. 689 of 2007) came into effect on 13 October 2007.

Responsibility for the enforcement of these Regulations is a matter for the National Consumer Agency and I have no direct function in this matter. I am informed that to date authorised officers of the National Consumer Agency have served eight fixed payment notices all of which were in respect of alleged offences under the European Communities (Requirements to Indicate Product Prices) Regulations 2002 (S.I. No. 639 of 2002).

Payment was made in accordance with the terms of the fixed payment notice in five of the cases in which notices were served. In the remaining three cases, the National Consumer Agency is making arrangements to institute legal proceedings in respect of the alleged offences.