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Promoting Competition in Ireland

In addition to its law enforcement and merger regulation functions, the Competition Authority also has a duty to promote competition in the economy in a number of ways:

  • Identifying and commenting on the effects on competition of existing laws or administrative practices;
  • Advising the Government, its Ministers and agencies, about the implications for competition of proposed legislation or regulation;
  • Studying and publicising how competition operates in the economy; and 
  • Advising and informing the public & public authorities, about competition issues generally.


Date Printed: 10 March 2010

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