asked the Minister for Industry and Commerce whether, in order to help reduce the cost of living, he is prepared to take the steps necessary to ensure the discontinuance of the practice under which a firm has stopped supplying wholesalers because they have made their products available to shops who will not observe price ring agreements which are intended to artificially inflate the price of these products to the consumer.
Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Price Ring Agreements: Availability of Supplies to Wholesalers.
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