Louise O'Reilly (Dublin Fingal, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

Is the strong message being sent by the Government that it is not happy? I am not being funny, but is that the strong message the Government is sending? That is what the Minister said. He said the Government had sent a strong message and that it is not happy. Could the message not be something like the Government is going to demand transparency? Could it not be that, if the Government does not see delivery in reductions for consumers, it will act? The Minister just said the Government's message was it was not happy. Can I give the Minister a message from consumers? They are getting creased. They also are not happy, but their unhappiness is taking the form of having to make hard choices concerning what they buy in the supermarket, including such things as food to feed their kids, nappies and all those essential things. I appreciate the Minister has sympathy with people and I do not, for a moment, suggest there is a monopoly on compassion anywhere, but does the Minister understand people want to see a little bit more in terms of action, deliverables, timeframes and targets?

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