Feargal Quinn (Independent) | Oireachtas source

I will not take two minutes. I welcome the Minister back in again and he is wearing the same hat he has worn before. We are very happy with the work he has put into this matter and congratulations. We are debating the Competition and Consumer Protection Bill but I did not hear enough from most of the speakers about consumer protection which means competition and competition, as the Minister has rightly said, is what gives consumers protection.

I remember when the Berlin Wall came down I met a number of Polish and other people in western Europe who said they could not figure out the correct price. They were used to everything being sold at the same price everywhere and they could not get over different shops selling the same items at different prices which is what competition is. I support below cost selling and see nothing wrong with it. The Bill affords protection to the consumer so I say "Well done" and congratulate the Minister.