Seanad debates

Tuesday, 27 May 2003

Sustaining Progress: Statements.

 

The Forfás consumer price report 2003 – which was compiled on Forfás behalf by PricewaterhouseCoopers and published in the past week – clearly indicates that we are outpricing ourselves. We will have to take action, individually and collectively, to bring prices down. Today I launched the "name and shame" consumer campaign, which is linked to this agreement on the basis of the excessive prices for goods and services operating in the Irish market. There is free choice as far as prices are concerned. Bearing in mind that I was launching the campaign, I brought this issue to the attention of the Office of the Director of Consumer Affairs, whose support I was seeking. Its outlook is that if people comply with the law in regard to the display of prices, they are free to set their own price. The product prices regulations of 2002 require the individual pricing of products in each supermarket or shop and the display of prices in garages. That is the law.

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