Proposal to abolish consumer agency ‘daft’

LABOUR leader Eamon Gilmore has criticised as “daft” Government proposals to abolish the agency that seeks to prevent consumers from being ripped off.

A Government source confirmed the Department of Finance had proposed scrapping the National Consumer Agency (NCA) as part of the plan to reduce state spending.

Responsibility for consumer protection would return to the Department of Enterprise, which established the agency in May of last year.