ICTU: Competition Authority 'uncaring and incompetent'

Irish Congress of Trade Unions (ICTU) general secretary David Begg has characterised the Competition Authority as “uncaring and incompetent” and said control of competition policy has been “ceded to liberal zealots”.

Mr Begg contrasted the Competition Authority’s blanket refusal to allow freelance voiceover artists engage in collective negotiations on pay rates, while allowing “a huge commercial takeover to proceed by default”, a reference to the Authority’s failure in the recent takeover of Statoil’s Irish operation, by Topaz.