Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 23 March 2022
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
Fuel Costs: Competition and Consumer Protection Commission
Maurice Quinlivan (Limerick City, Sinn Fein)
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That concludes our consideration of the matter for today. I thank the representatives of the CCPC for appearing before the committee. I imagine they will appear before us again. Many questions remain unanswered. In fairness, there were some the witnesses could not answer. In some cases, I think they could have answered some version of them. Deputy Bruton made a good point in suggesting they could provide an interim answer for us.
I am led to believe that we need more legislation or more resources put into the CCPC. I know no public servant will come to the committee and say they need more resources, but the CCPC probably does need more resources. It is not credible that there has been no prosecution over fuel price gouging or anti-competitive practice. I again thank the witnesses for appearing.