Policy matters regarding the Irish National Petroleum Corporation fall within the ambit of my colleague, the Minister for Transport, Energy and Communications.
However, if anyone has evidence of anti-competitive practices in any sector of the economy, it is now open to them to lodge a complaint with the Director of Competition Enforcement.
The Competition Act, 1991, prohibits anti-competitive practices and the abuse of a dominant position. The Act applies to undertakings, an undertaking being defined as a person being an individual, a body corporate or an unnamed corporate body or person engaged for gain in the production, supply or distribution of goods or the provision of a service.