Patrick Massey Conference Speeches

1991 – 2000

• The New Competition Act. Presented to Dublin Economics Workshop Annual Economic Policy Conference, Kenmare, 19^th October 1991.

• Some Implications of the Competition Act. Presented to Centre for Economics and Law Conference, University College Galway, 23^rd November 1991.

• Mergers and the Competition Act, address to the Foundation for Fiscal Studies, Trinity College Dublin, 19^th November 1992. Reproduced in Competition Vol. 2(1), 1992-93, pp.16-19.

• The View of the Competition Authority, address to seminar on Restraint of Trade and Employee Covenants, Irish Centre for Commercial Law Studies, University College Dublin, 7^th October 1993. Reproduced in Competition Vol.3(3), 1993-94, pp.59-62.

• Principles, Powers and Priorities – enforcing competition law in cases of mergers and acquisitions. Competition Press Conference, 13^th May 1996.

• The New Competition Law Enforcement Regime. Irish Centre for European Law Conference, Westbury Hotel, Dublin, 9^th April 1997. Reproduced in Competition, Vol.6(1) pp.15-18.

• Think Competition! Speech to Forum for Public Procurement Seminar, Hodson Bay Hotel, Athlone, 3^rd December 1997.

• Merger Control: The Missing Link in Irish Competition Policy. Competition Press Conference 13^th October 1998.

• Why Ireland Needs an Effective Competition Policy. Presentation to ICTU Seminar, 15^th April 1999.

• Tackling the ‘Cosy Cartels’: The Competition Authority’s Enforcement Priorities. Presented to UCD School of Law/Competition Authority conference, University College Dublin, 12^th November 1999.

• Competition Policy and the Transport Sector. Chartered Institute of Transport Conference, Clontarf Castle, Dublin, 2^nd March 2000.

• Competition Law Priorities for a New Millennium. Paper presented at University of Limerick, Thursday 4^th May 2000.

• Investigating Cartels, Dublin Economics Workshop, Economic Policy Conference, Sheen Falls Hotel, Kenmare, 14^th October 2000.

• Merger Analysis by the Authority – A Whole New Ballgame? Competition Press Conference, Dublin, 24^th October 2000.

• Using Immunity to Fight Criminal Cartels. Competition Authority Conference on New Strategies that Can Help Win the War Against Cartels. Radisson Hotel, Dublin, 17^th November 2000.

• The Approach of the Irish Competition Authority to Cartel Investigations, Office of Fair Trading Cartel Conference, Grand Hotel, Brighton, 22^nd November 2000.