Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 5 November 2025

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Enterprise, Tourism and Employment

Engagement with the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission

2:00 am

Mr. Brian McHugh:

We support the businesses. We work with local enterprise offices, LEOs. We provide our own guidance. What we find is that where businesses are putting their systems in place, to do so to make it compliant with the law at that time is not a huge additional cost. You have to put systems in place. I talked about the pricing directive. In terms of the IT systems that companies have, those who prioritise compliance with the law have put in place systems that ensure their prices comply with the law. What we do not want is that businesses who break the law get to benefit from those businesses who take the time to comply with the law.