Consumer watchdog 'should have more powers to probe supermarket pricing'

Proposal to boost powers of Competition and Consumer Protection Commission 

Labour Party finance spokesman Ged Nash said it was notable that inflation has fallen recently, but that grocery prices have not fallen. Picture: Leah Farrell/Rolling News

The Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (CCPC) should be able to compel supermarkets to provide regular reports on grocery pricing and probe suspected price gouging, a Labour TD has said.

Labour’s Ged Nash is proposing new laws to give additional powers to the CCPC to allow the watchdog to do so.