"Action” should be taken against any retailer profiteering on the sale of groceries and food, Arts Minister Catherine Martin has said.
However, she refused to say whether or not she believed supermarkets were making excessive profits while hard-pressed customers continue to be hit with rising prices.
It came just hours after Taoiseach Leo Varadkar said that there was “evidence of profiteering” during an interview with Virgin Media’s The Tonight Show.