Minister O’Keeffe appoints former regulator to Competition Authority

The Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation, Batt O’Keeffe TD, today [Monday] appointed former regulator Isolde Goggin to the Competition Authority for the next six months.

Ms Goggin is a former member of the Commission for Communications Regulation and the Competition Authority.

Minister O’Keeffe said: ‘Ms Goggin will make an important contribution to the work of the Competition Authority and in supporting Government policy to boost competitiveness, keep prices down and drive productivity across the economy.’

Ms Goggin worked in the Directorate for the Information Society in the European Commission.

She holds an engineering degree, an MBA and a post-graduate degree in European competition law.

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For further information please contact:

Bernard Mallee, Press Adviser to Minister Batt O'Keeffe, Department of Enterprise, Trade and Innovation, on Tel: +353 1 631 3944, Mobile: +353 87 9173022, Email: bernard.mallee@deti.ie