Ruairi Quinn (Dublin South East, Labour)
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Question 69: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation when he plans to publish the legislation to amend the Competition Acts to uphold the 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 he will make a statement on the matter. [19192/10]

Batt O'Keeffe (Cork North West, Fianna Fail)
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I intend, subject to consistency with EU competition law, to give effect to the Government commitment in "Towards 2016" regarding the exemption of certain specified categories of vulnerable workers from competition law in the Bill being prepared to merge the National Consumer Agency and the Competition Authority.

Work on the draft heads of this Bill is now at an advanced stage and I intend to bring these draft heads to Cabinet within the coming weeks. I hope to publish the Bill in the Autumn.