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- Competition and Consumer Protection Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (2 Jul 2014)
Richard Bruton: I do not know whether Deputy Mathews has read the amendment he is supporting. He supports the notion that companies like Kellogg's, Nestle or Procter and Gamble could set out on their invoices the price at which their products must be sold. These companies would be able to decide what consumers must pay for their grocery goods. The amendment provides that the Minister shall give a...
- Competition and Consumer Protection Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (2 Jul 2014)
Richard Bruton: That is what we are debating.
- Competition and Consumer Protection Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (2 Jul 2014)
Richard Bruton: The amendment provides that the Minister shall give a direction-----
- Competition and Consumer Protection Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (2 Jul 2014)
Richard Bruton: All I am saying is that the amendment which Deputy Mathews seems to regard as a no brainer or an open goal-----
- Competition and Consumer Protection Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (2 Jul 2014)
Richard Bruton: It states that the Minister shall -----
- Competition and Consumer Protection Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (2 Jul 2014)
Richard Bruton: Whatever he said, I am saying -----
- Competition and Consumer Protection Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (2 Jul 2014)
Richard Bruton: I do not know what he is saying.
- Competition and Consumer Protection Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (2 Jul 2014)
Richard Bruton: If we are not debating the amendment before us I do know what open goal the Deputy is referring to. There are always open goals but we are debating whether the Minister should be able to give a direction that a retailer shall not sell grocery goods at a price that is less than the net invoice amount of the goods. That is not the correct approach. It would militate against consumers' interests.
- Competition and Consumer Protection Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (2 Jul 2014)
Richard Bruton: It says in every case. It proposes that the Minister shall give a direction that a retailer shall not sell grocery goods at a price that is less than the net invoice amount of the goods. The Bill defines grocer goods in a later section. These are all products that are sold as groceries and we have set out various categories.
- Competition and Consumer Protection Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (2 Jul 2014)
Richard Bruton: I do not support this amendment at all. The idea that one would allow suppliers to define the price at which their goods would be sold-----
- Competition and Consumer Protection Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (2 Jul 2014)
Richard Bruton: -----is totally contrary to any form of competition and would militate against the consumer. Any market is based on the meeting of two different sides and bidding down the price. It is a question of supply and demand depending on the pressure. However, the suggestion that people should be able, through the invoice they serve, to define the price at which goods will be sold is what would be...
- Competition and Consumer Protection Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (2 Jul 2014)
Richard Bruton: -----has removed the statutory basis for the Minister to make minimum price orders in any sector. Having price competition is a healthy feature of our marketplace. That is the way new businesses develop. They come in at a cheaper price and they undercut someone. We do not seek to underpin the established interests by underpinning in law the price they want to charge. If that were the...
- Competition and Consumer Protection Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (2 Jul 2014)
Richard Bruton: I do not agree with the notion that one starts to introduce sectoral policies on companies' accounting practices on the basis of the product they are supplying. We are trying to do a forensic job of dealing with the supplier supply chain here. Deputy Calleary raises the much wider issue of alcohol abuse in society. There are many dimensions to that which need a broad-based public policy...
- Competition and Consumer Protection Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (2 Jul 2014)
Richard Bruton: Amendments Nos. 50 and 53 seek to have retailers, defined as relevant grocery goods undertakings, to be obliged to disclose their profits in the Irish market. The proposed amendments are stand-alone provisions, which are not related to the regulations that I, as Minister, may make to regulate certain practices in the grocery goods sector. The backdrop to this issue is a particular problem...
- Competition and Consumer Protection Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (2 Jul 2014)
Richard Bruton: The Deputies are forgetting the objective we are seeking to achieve in the Bill, namely, fair treatment for the suppliers in the supply chain. We are setting out contract terms that will protect suppliers and it is not true, as Deputy Calleary alleges, that this is a waste of time if we do not know the profitability of different retailers. The motivation behind the legislation is to ensure...
- Competition and Consumer Protection Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (2 Jul 2014)
Richard Bruton: I move amendment No. 38:In page 83, to delete lines 2 and 3.Again, this issue was raised by Deputy Tóibín on Committee Stage. As indicated then, I propose this amendment to clarify that there is no intention to include small franchise retailers in the category of relevant grocery goods undertaking. The majority of such small franchisees have a threshold of less than €5...
- Competition and Consumer Protection Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (2 Jul 2014)
Richard Bruton: I move amendment No. 39:In page 83, line 4, to delete “(d) if” and substitute “(c) if”.
- Competition and Consumer Protection Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (2 Jul 2014)
Richard Bruton: I move amendment No. 40:In page 83, line 8, to delete “(e) if” and substitute “(d) if”.
- Competition and Consumer Protection Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (2 Jul 2014)
Richard Bruton: I move amendment No. 41:In page 83, line 12, to delete “(f) a” and substitute “(e) a”.
- Competition and Consumer Protection Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (2 Jul 2014)
Richard Bruton: I move amendment No. 42:In page 83, line 14, to delete “(g) if” and substitute “(f) if”.