Government approves proposal for merger of agencies to create powerful consumer and competition enforcer
Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation Richard Bruton TD is to scrap the board of the National Consumer Agency when it is merged with the Competition Authority, after the Government today gave the go-ahead to the drafting of the Consumer and Competition Bill based on a draft scheme presented by the Minister to Cabinet.

The Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, Richard Bruton TD has announced that the merger of the National Consumer Agency and the Competition Authority "to create a powerful consumer watchdog with real teeth" will take effect from 31 October this year.