Media ownership and competition law
Lucinda Creighton urged the consumer and competition Bill to address media-ownership concentration and Competition Authority recommendations. The Tánaiste said it would implement the advisory group’s media-merger recommendations and should be published that session.
With regard to the consumer and competition Bill in section A of the Government legislation programme, I hope every Deputy is concerned about the concentration of media ownership in the country. The legislation programme says that the legislation will give effect to the recommendations of the advisory group on media mergers. I hope it will also look at the issues raised by the Competition Authority consultation-----
Comment on this
It is very relevant and material and the legislation is imminent. I hope that it will also deal with the recommendations in the 2006 report from the Competition Authority.
