Pat Rabbitte (Dublin South West, Labour)

I read with some amazement this morning the conviction of the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment that for 18 years, the groceries order has acted against the interests of consumers. Whatever hope I had for consumers, when I heard the Minister predict that the abolition of the groceries order would save the consumer €1,000 on average annually, my heart fell to my shoes for consumers, given the Minister's track record. The Minister has taken no action yet, though we have had another photo-shoot. When will the promised legislation come before the House?

Does the Taoiseach intend to take any measures to ensure we will not have a rash of Ministers between now and the general election using public money to promote themselves with so-called public advertisements?

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