Emer Higgins (Dublin Mid West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Supermarket food costs are continuing to rise at an alarming rate. The rate of inflation is, thankfully, easing, but families are not seeing that in their shopping trolleys. In fact, the cost of food is continuing to rise. An average food shop costs 6.8% more than it did a year ago. I am not just talking about luxury products, but also basics like milk, eggs, butter, meat, cereal, tea, coffee and baby formula. They are substantially more expensive and are showing no signs of decreasing in price.

We saw prices went up very quickly last year, but they are very slow to fall. What are the Tánaiste and Ministers doing to protect consumers and ensure that reductions in supply-chain costs, electricity and energy prices and inflation are passed on to shoppers through price reductions?

See this speech in context