Construction industry cartel complaints

COMPLAINTS against the construction industry accounted for the largest number of reports of alleged operation of illegal cartels in Ireland last year.

The Competition Authority recorded 54 individual complaints to its cartels division last year, with more than one in five of all cases made against people and businesses operating in the building trade.

According to the authority’s annual report for 2002 published today, other industry sectors against whom a large number of complaints were reported were transport and marine (18%), fuel (12%), health and medical (12%) and drinks (9%).