Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 23 May 2017
556. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the establishment of an independent regulator to deal with allegations of price fixing relating to the beef industry could be carried out within the existing consumer protection agencies; and the expected annual cost of such a measure. [24209/17]
View answerThe State, through the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (CCPC), has an existing and well established infrastructure for oversight of competition matters and for dealing with allegations of anti-competitive practices or abuse of a dominant position. All operational programmes of the CCPC are entirely a matter for the Commission itself.
If any person has evidence of practices by any entity which involve price fixing or are contrary to competition rules he or she should bring that evidence to the attention of the CCPC.
