Eddie Hobbs appointed to National Consumer Agency

[Brendan Burgess]

Interim Board of the National Consumer Agency

Ann Fitzgerald Chair - CEO Irish Association of Investment Managers

Carmel Foley – Director of Consumer Affairs

Gillian Kelly – Consumer Representative

Marie Barry – Consumer Representative

Alex Schuster – Lecturer & Barrister, School of Law TCD

Dr Edward Shinnick – Lecturer, Department of Economics UCC

Stephen Costelloe – Chairman, General Consumer Council of Northern Ireland

Eddie Hobbs – Consumer Advocate

Inez Bailey – CEO, National Adult Literacy Agency

Robin O’Sullivan – President- Chambers of Commerce Ireland

Deirdre McDonnell- MD, Safety Solutions

John Fingleton – Chairman, The Competition Authority

 

[CCOVICH]

John McManus had quite an interesting piece on Eddie in yesterday's Irish Times. If in fact he ends up being disqualified as a director (in relation to his association with the Tony Taylor business), would he be forced to stand down from this board?

Who are

Gillian Kelly – Consumer Representative

Marie Barry – Consumer Representative?

 

[Conan]

Is Eddie a "Consumer Advocate" or an Insurance Broker, or both?

 

[Humpback]

Re: Appointments to National Consumer Agency

All of these people have other jobs in their own rights, so how much time are they going to be giving to this new consumer agency?

The whole focus of the outcome of the report was that the consumer must be put first, so how can this be done by people who are only going to be part-time at best in the job.

I'm sorry, but am becoming more cynical by the day with all this activity supposedly in the interest of the consumer. It all appears more like jobs for the boys to me (most of the agency are the same people from the CSG originally).

Became even angrier with a recent comment by Carmel Foley saying that it would be a year to a year and a half before this new organisation would become fully functional.

What are we consumers to do in the meantime?