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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Fuel Costs: Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (23 Mar 2022)

Garret Ahearn: How many times has that been done?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Fuel Costs: Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (23 Mar 2022)

Garret Ahearn: I am not asking about insurance but just fuel pricing.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Fuel Costs: Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (23 Mar 2022)

Garret Ahearn: There has been nothing in terms of the price of fuel. If I make a complaint about the price of fuel at the pump, the CCPC will not deal with the actual price because that is independently set. It investigates whether the supplier is acting incorrectly or colluding with other groups. No prosecution has ever been brought in that regard. A file has never been sent to the DPP in respect of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Fuel Costs: Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (23 Mar 2022)

Garret Ahearn: Yes, I am asking about petrol stations and fuel prices.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Fuel Costs: Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (23 Mar 2022)

Garret Ahearn: The CCPC has never had any evidence of that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Fuel Costs: Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (23 Mar 2022)

Garret Ahearn: While asking people to make complaints, the CCPC has never found evidence of anything.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Fuel Costs: Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (23 Mar 2022)

Garret Ahearn: The CCPC has never found evidence, however. Has it never found it because it does not exist or can it just not find it?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Fuel Costs: Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (23 Mar 2022)

Garret Ahearn: There has never been any evidence of collusion, however.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Fuel Costs: Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (23 Mar 2022)

Garret Ahearn: There is just no way that is the case. It must be that the CCPC cannot find the evidence because it does not have the necessary powers or that it is just not doing its job correctly, although I doubt that is the case.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Fuel Costs: Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (23 Mar 2022)

Garret Ahearn: Mr. Godfrey has spoken about people having choice. He is correct that people have choice but Deputy Paul Murphy has a point. If I wanted to buy a shirt, I could buy it in my home town of Clonmel, in Donegal or in Dublin depending on price. Most people like me fill up the car when the fuel gauge light comes on. As I can only travel a limited distance, I cannot look at the price in Donegal...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (10 Mar 2022)

Garret Ahearn: I will follow on from some of the previous contributors' comments on the announcement yesterday on the cut in fuel costs, including diesel prices. While it is welcome, it is utterly pointless if we have petrol stations around the country increasing their prices by the amount by which we are reducing them. I have had phone calls from people in Tipperary who saw those increases happen within...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Wildlife Regulations (9 Mar 2022)

Garret Ahearn: I thank the Minister of State for coming to the House to take this important matter. This is slightly off topic, if the Chair will allow me, but I wish to I thank him for the announcement this week on the built heritage investment scheme. He has given €10,000 to Knocklofty House in my parish. He met the group Save Knocklofty House. He committed to supporting it and he has now done...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Wildlife Regulations (9 Mar 2022)

Garret Ahearn: I thank the Minister of State for his response . I agree with him. The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine should play a greater role in this. The Irish Farmers Association, IFA, has taken this onboard in Tipperary. We have very good members in the gun club, including Pat O'Sullivan, who I mentioned earlier, Robert Phelan and Brendan McGill. There are almost 100 members and...

Seanad: Brain Health and Dementia: Statements (9 Mar 2022)

Garret Ahearn: I also welcome the announcement of extra hours for home help for people with dementia. I agree with what loads of people said today. I only have a minute and a half to speak so I will focus on one topic in terms of home help and carers. The work they provide is phenomenal. I have seen it myself. My uncle passed away last year from dementia and the care he received was phenomenal. We...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 Mar 2022)

Garret Ahearn: I second Senator Malcolm Byrne's motion to invite President Zelenskiy to address this House and the Lower House. It would be a very useful exercise. I wish everyone a very happy International Women's Day. Last year, as colleagues might remember, we were in the Dáil Chamber and I had an opportunity to read an extract from a book published last year that had a speech my mother gave in...

Seanad: Sea-Fisheries (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (8 Mar 2022)

Garret Ahearn: Now.

Seanad: Redundancy Payments (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (8 Mar 2022)

Garret Ahearn: I thank the Minister of State for being here this evening. I thank him and his Department for all the supports that have been put in place for businesses right across the country throughout the past two years. The work the Minister of State's Department has done has been greatly appreciated and acknowledged from an employer and employee perspective. This is an element of something that...

Seanad: Redundancy Payments (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (8 Mar 2022)

Garret Ahearn: Next Tuesday.

Seanad: Redundancy Payments (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (8 Mar 2022)

Garret Ahearn: Tomorrow at 10:30 a.m.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Engagement with Representatives from the European Commission (3 Mar 2022)

Garret Ahearn: The Commissioner is very welcome to Ireland and to this meeting. I was interested in his comments regarding the right to disconnect and remote working. He said that it has a positive impact for rural areas and rural communities across Europe. I am from a region that is within an hour of four cities and prior to the pandemic people travelled back and forth to the cities. It was a round...