Labour is calling for the Government’s consumer watchdogs who have been “missing at the wheel” to be hauled before a Dáil committee to explain why they are not using their powers to tackle soaring prices.
The party’s finance spokesman Ged Nash has written to the Oireachtas enterprise committee asking the chair to call the CCPA (Competition and Consumer Protection Authority) before it to answer urgent questions.
Mr Nash also said that the European Commission is giving permission to member states to use existing legislation to cap energy costs.
