Brendan Howlin (Wexford, Labour)

By and large, I agree with the Tánaiste that information provided to the consumer is the best mechanism to ensure competition, but does she accept that there are occasions when a more direct intervention is required? If there is a clear example of exploitation of a special occasion and of a captive market in a confined geographical area, is there not a case, in those exceptional circumstances, for a maximum prices order? Will she open her mind to that prospect if there is a continuation of clear exploitation of a captive market on a special occasion?

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