Tony Killeen (Clare, Fianna Fail)

I am speaking generally, but I will be specific if I must. Ultimately, the job we are charged with doing is to present the most effective legislation. I have extended to Deputies my belief that everybody in the House is opposed to predatory pricing by those in a dominant position. I do not accept that these amendments serve in any way to improve the situation in that regard. In some cases they achieve the opposite. If amendment No. 2 were adopted, some of the catch-all provisions in part of it would have the effect of undermining the impact of the European Court of Justice case. It would also undermine existing legislation which is beginning to have a positive effect. We must be careful not to damage further the small player, generally the consumer.

On amendments Nos. 3 and 4, the case made by Deputy Howlin on predatory pricing by a non-dominant firm is a case difficult to sustain.

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