482. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will consider introducing legislation, similar to that which exists in the UK and Australia, to provide for a cooling-off period to protect persons, particularly those most vulnerable in society, from salesmen and tradesmen who engage in cold-calling as a way of advertising and promoting their services; if he has considered broadening guidelines relating to cold-calling to increase consumer protection; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37800/13]

Summary

482. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will consider introducing legislation, similar to that which exists in the UK and Australia, to provide for a cooling-off period to protect persons, particularly those most vulnerable in society, from salesmen and tradesmen who engage in cold-calling as a way of advertising and promoting their services; if he has considered broadening guidelines relating to cold-calling to increase consumer protection; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37800/13]

This text is taken from the official record. PoliticalRepo does not editorialize.

Timeline

No timeline events have been ingested for this record yet.

Votes

No vote records are attached yet.

Versions

No version snapshots stored. Document URLs remain at the source.

Documents

1 official file

• Consumer Protection

  xml · EN · 18 September 2013

  ViewDownloadOpen at official source

Sponsors

No sponsors or actors listed by the source.

Related records

No cross-record relationships stored yet.