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Public Consultation On Proposed Changes To Irish Competition And Consumer Legislation

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The Department of Enterprise, Tourism and Employment (the "Department") has launched a public consultation on proposed changes to Irish competition and consumer law.

IrelandAntitrust/Competition Law
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The Department of Enterprise, Tourism and Employment (the "Department") has launched a public consultation on proposed changes to Irish competition and consumer law.

The Department is proposing the Consumer Protection, Competition and Enforcement Bill 2026 and is seeking views on three areas:

1: New competition law investigation power to screen public tender data for bid-rigging

Bid-rigging is when businesses agree to fix the outcome of a tender or bidding process. This is a cartel offence in breach of competition law and can result in higher prices than would be reached through competitive tendering.

In 2020, the Hamilton Report on structures and strategies to prevent, investigate and penalise economic crime and corruption made the following recommendation:

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