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Wed 07 Jul 2008NCA and consumer legislation nothing more than a charade
The law, as interpreted by the National Consumer Agency, completely safeguards monopolies, writes MICHAEL CASEY
THERE IS A tendency in this country to bring in what looks like state-of-the-art legislation and to set up lots of institutions with statutory underpinning. The outsider observing Ireland Inc might well conclude that we have quite sophisticated and comprehensive institutions, legislation and governance. There is only one thing wrong with this view. Fundamentally there is no desire to change anything.
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