One wholesaler is selling hand sanitiers for €42 a litre.
A midlands TD's demanding a clampdown on profiteering during the current coronavirus pandemic.
Roscommon-Galway deputy Denis Naughten says the cost of hand sanitisers in particular have risen due to increased demand.
He says he came across one wholesaler selling it for €42 a litre - more than double the price before the crisis.
Deputy Naughten says it can't be allowed to continue:
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