David Norris (Independent)

There is also the problem with taxis. Taxi drivers were forced to increase their prices against their wishes. They are protesting on the streets today. It is absurd. A ridiculous number of unqualified people are coming into the taxi sector. The Competition Authority is now opposing the freezing of drink prices. What is going on? Finally, there is what happened to the most vulnerable people, that is, low paid workers in the acting profession who do voice-over work. They were screwed by the Competition Authority and threatened with being hauled before the courts to face criminal prosecutions simply because they banded together. Let us have this issue out in the open. Let us discuss competition, what it is and if it is uniquely and inevitably in the interest of the Irish people. I do not think so.