The chief executive of the National Consumer Agency, Ann Fitzgerald, is stepping down after six years.
Ms Fitzgerald told the NCA board yesterday that she did not want her contract to be renewed after it expires tomorrow.
She said the agency, which is merging with the Competition Authority next year, still had a role to play in Irish society and it provided a “real and constructive service to the public by enforcing consumer law, undertaking widespread consumer information campaigns, and advocating for consumer rights on a wide range of issues”.
She earned a salary of €176,000 last year.
Minister for Enterprise Richard Bruton paid tribute to Ms Fitzgerald and said she had been “a strong advocate in the very important field of consumer rights for several years”.
NCA chairman Steven Costello said she had provided “strong and fearless leadership”.
He said she played “a key role in helping to create a stronger consumer voice and improve consumer welfare” and would leave a legacy which would be continued into the new Consumer and Competition Authority.