Dara Calleary (Mayo, Fianna Fail)

We have gone around the houses, from Volkswagens to concrete. The amendment goes to the heart of the legislation. As long as people get away with small fines yet have the ability to make large profits, their abuse of competition and competition law will continue. We will pay more for concrete, Volkswagens and everything. The Minister of State knows this.

Resourcing the Competition Authority is also an issue. If there are constitutional difficulties, let us change the Constitution. Governments have changed it for much less reason. We need to attack on the culture of competition abuse. The Bill does not go nearly half way towards doing that.

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