Economic Policy
Dail Éireann — 2023-05-23
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Leo Varadkar (FG), Dublin West

I will be as brief as I can. We plan to enact the duty of care legislation this year. We want to rebalance it or at least say to people that there are inherent risks taken in engaging in certain activities. We hope this will help to bring down the cost of insurance.
Deputy Gannon raised the issue of a municipal market. He is spot on in raising that issue. It is something that is really missing from the city of Dublin. If you go to Madrid or Barcelona, you will see some really beautiful markets. They are good for business, good for tourism and, most importantly good for local people. Such places as the Milk Market in Limerick and the English Market in Cork are very missing from Dublin. There are options there, with the Iveagh Market in Dublin 8 and the Smithfield market. We should seize that opportunity. I will take this up with the city manager the next time I am speaking to him.
On electricity prices, I probably dealt with this in some detail earlier today in response to Deputy McDonald. Suffice it to say, the prices of petrol and diesel have come down and electricity prices will come down. The Minister, Deputy Coveney, is meeting with the CCPC next week to establish that it has sufficient powers to carry out any investigations that are necessary.

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Sitting date: 2023-05-23