Tim Lombard (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I intended to raise a different issue but following on from Senator Davitt's interesting contribution on alcohol and below-cost selling, I agree that intervention is needed in this area. Something must be done to stop below-cost selling and the best way to do that is to reintroduce the groceries order.It was ended by Deputy Micheál Martin back in the day, but it should not have been. Alcohol was allowed to become a market driver. People were attracted into shops to buy cheap alcohol, the knock-on effect of which was below-cost selling. The groceries order needs to be resumed to deal with this issue. When Deputy Micheál Martin ended it, he drove this issue-----