Louise O'Reilly (Dublin Fingal, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I am sorry to cut across the Minister. In his opinion, does such an emergency exist at the moment, or will we be in the emergency phase if, after the six weeks, which is a lot of grace the Minister is giving to these retailers, prices still have not come down? Would that constitute an emergency then? Whether or not the decision is taken to use that, does the Minister believe the conditions are right? If there is no emergency, those powers do not exist, in effect. However, if he believes there is an emergency, then there are grounds to consider the use of those powers. If the Minister tells me that he does not believe there is an emergency, then they are completely off the table, or does he think the emergency might exist in six weeks if there is no change?