Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I will. Like I said earlier, I will certainly look into the matter. I will speak to the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine about it this week. There might be a good reason for it, but I do not understand why there would be a big disparity in what Irish farmers have to pay for fertiliser versus those in Germany and the UK. We will definitely have it examined. In terms of a CCPC investigation, it would be up to the CCPC to make that decision as to whether it wanted to investigate or not, but we will certainly have the matter examined. I take the Deputy's point. High fertiliser prices feed into higher food prices, which means higher costs for everyone. If we can bring down the cost of fertiliser, that will not only benefit farmers, but consumers in our towns and cities as well.

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