Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 6 November 2013

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications

Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposal COM (2013) 195: Discussion with Haulage and Transport Associations

10:50 am

Mr. Huw Jenkins:

Deputy Naughten talked about practical implications. I am representing Dealz, the retailer. In the past two years, we have invested over €8.2 million in this country and we intend to invest more. The impact of what was done last Friday with the legislation is costing me approximately €25,000 to €30,000 per week. That will absolutely determine where we open stores next. We desperately want to increase our employment. We employ over 750 people in this country and want and intend to increase this to 1,000 by the end of the financial year. We believe we do a good job. We are serving 30 million customers per week and want to continue to do that. The measure will have a direct impact on where we go next.

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