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Leaving Cert Home Economics: Consumer rights

How often Consumer rights comes up on the Home Economics papers, every year it was asked, and questions to try.

HL Asked on 4 of the last 10 Higher Level papers, most recently in 2025.

OL Asked on 5 of the last 10 Ordinary Level papers, most recently in 2026.

Consumer rights, Higher Level(8 marks)

Quick ones on Consumer rights.

(a)Who is responsible when goods bought in a shop turn out to be faulty?
  1. The manufacturer only
  2. The retailer who sold them
  3. The delivery company
(b)Must a shop refund goods that are perfectly fine but simply not wanted?
  1. Yes, as long as the tags are still on and it is unworn
  2. Yes, always within 28 days if the receipt is kept
  3. No, there is no legal right to change your mind in store
(c)What does a consumer need as proof of purchase when returning faulty goods?
  1. A receipt or other evidence such as a bank statement
  2. A witness who saw the purchase being made
  3. The original advertisement or price tag for the goods
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(a) The retailer who sold them

(b) No, there is no legal right to change your mind in store

(c) A receipt or other evidence such as a bank statement

Your turn: Higher Level questions on Consumer rights.

Higher Level

Asked on 4 of the last 10 Higher Level papers, most recently in 2025.

Every paper, year by year

YearWhere it came up
2026Not asked
2025A14, Q4
2024Not asked
2023A14, Q4
2022Q4
2021A12
2019Not asked
2018Not asked
2017Not asked
2016Not asked

Links open the State Examinations Commission’s paper for that year.

More Consumer rights questions

Consumer rights, 3 marks

Under Irish consumer law, goods sold to a consumer must be?

  1. Cheaper than the same goods sold in any other shop
  2. Sold with a written manufacturer's guarantee of at least a year
  3. Of merchantable quality, fit for purpose and as described
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Of merchantable quality, fit for purpose and as described

Merchantable quality means reasonable given price and description. Fit for purpose covers any use the consumer made clear at the sale.

Consumer rights, 3 marks

What is the legal standing of a manufacturer guarantee?

  1. It cancels your right to a refund once you have signed it
  2. It is in addition to your statutory rights, not instead of them
  3. It replaces your statutory rights for as long as it lasts
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It is in addition to your statutory rights, not instead of them

A guarantee is a voluntary extra promise. Your rights against the seller remain whether or not the guarantee has expired.

Consumer rights, 2 marks

A consumer responsibility when buying goods?

  1. To read labels and keep receipts
  2. To accept any fault once goods leave the shop
  3. To complain only by phone, never in writing
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To read labels and keep receipts

Consumers should shop around, read labels and contracts, keep proof of purchase and complain promptly if something is wrong.

Ordinary Level

Asked on 5 of the last 10 Ordinary Level papers, most recently in 2026.

Every paper, year by year

YearWhere it came up
2026A13, C4
2025Not asked
2024A10, Q4
2023Not asked
2022Q4
2021Not asked
2019Not asked
2018Q4
2017A9
2016Not asked

Links open the State Examinations Commission’s paper for that year.

More Consumer rights questions

Consumer rights, 2 marks

When you buy goods in a shop, they must be?

  1. Cheaper than the same goods in any other shop
  2. Made in Ireland and sold with a written guarantee
  3. Of merchantable quality, fit for purpose and as described
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Of merchantable quality, fit for purpose and as described

These are the basic consumer rights. If goods fail any of the three, the buyer is entitled to a remedy.

Consumer rights, 3 marks

Who is responsible if goods you bought turn out to be faulty?

  1. The delivery driver
  2. The shop that sold them to you
  3. The factory that made them
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The shop that sold them to you

The contract is with the seller, so the buyer goes back to the shop rather than chasing the manufacturer.

Consumer rights, 2 marks

What should a shopper keep as proof of purchase?

  1. The receipt
  2. The shopping bag
  3. The advertisement
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The receipt

A receipt, a bank statement or a card slip all show where and when the goods were bought, which the shop may ask to see.

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