Eamon Ryan (Dublin South, Green Party)

If evidence is presented to show regional or other competition issues which must be addressed and investigated I will happily pursue them. To answer Deputy Coveney, the difference between the mobile phone market and the petrol station market is that one is regulated and has a licensing system and the other is a free and open market which one can enter and exit easily. Deputy Coveney's point that price differences between various petrol stations are perfectly apparent is valid. This allows the consumer, including the Deputy as he drives to and from Cork, to decide where to stop and purchase petrol.

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