Catherine Noone (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Minister of State for his reply. Many of the points he makes are well considered. I am perhaps showing my age when I assure him that price comparisons between the UK and Ireland in the 1970s and 1980s were not on my radar at the time. I will contact the National Consumer Agency to ask that it increase its efforts to improve public awareness of price differentials. If it has the funding to do so, it should conduct public information campaigns on the issue. I agree with the Minister of State that the Government cannot be expected to cater for every circumstances that arises. If the view he expressed on price fixing is accurate, I would not encourage this approach. I thank him for his full response.