Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 22 October 2013

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation

Business Closures and Job Losses: Discussion with National Off-Licence Association

2:20 pm

Mr. Andrew Kinsella:

To follow on briefly Ms Jones' point, it had reached a point for many of the small independents where the cheapest place in which to buy branded premium spirits at Christmas time was the multiples. Economically, in any sector that does not fit. I do not understand why, if one wants to buy premium alcohol products, one is only doing so below-cost because one cannot purchase them through the normal channels at these prices.