Ruairi Quinn (Dublin South East, Labour)
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Question 57: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when it is intended to publish the legislation to amend the Competition Acts 1991 to 2006 to uphold right of certain freelance workers such as actors and musicians to collective bargaining, which was promised as part of the Review of the Towards 2016; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41072/09]

Mary Coughlan (Donegal South West, Fianna Fail)
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How best to give effect to the Towards 2016 commitment to exclude certain workers from the provisions of the Competition Act 2002 is being examined in the context of on-going work on the preparation of draft legislation which will give effect to the amalgamation of the National Consumer Agency and the Competition Authority. In addition to including the amendments to section 4 of the Act subject to consistency with EU competition law, the proposed legislation will also encompass the outcome of the review of the operation and implementation of the Competition Act 2002 and the recommendations of the Advisory Group on Media Mergers.

While it is not possible at this point to give a precise date for publication, the earliest expected date for publication of the Bill is mid 2010.