Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions
Dail Éireann — 2023-05-16
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Mary Lou McDonald (SF), Dublin Central

Last year, when costs at the pumps were skyrocketing, nobody was scaremongering. That was a reality that every person experienced when going to fill his or her vehicle. The Minister and I are in agreement. I do my weekly shop as well. We see with our own eyes, do we not, the evidence of increased costs. It is an absolute disaster for people on small or fixed incomes. People are really struggling. We know this. The Taoiseach has said that profiteering is happening. He made that statement. I want to know what the Government is doing about it. Will it publish the dossier compiled by the Minister of State, Deputy Richmond? What is the ask of the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission? Has the Minister of State's dossier gone to the commission? The Minister says that the Minister, Deputy Coveney, will meet with it. Is this another chat for the optics or will it trigger real action? The Taoiseach has said that profiteering and price-gouging are now a reality. That is not acceptable. What is the Government's plan to address and get to grips with that and to make it stop?

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Sitting date: 2023-05-16