Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 28 November 2017

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation

Cost of Doing Business in Ireland: Discussion (Resumed)

4:00 pm

Mr. Jimmy Redmond:

Cigarettes are different. I cannot comment because I am not a tobacconist. I carry probably 12 lines of cigarettes. I am a specialist in off-licence sales. Most of my cigarette sales would come from the Spar next door being full and slow. My cigarette sales are small. I cannot put the price of my alcohol up overnight. I would be shot. I have a community-based shop. I know my customers. They are not people who walk in once and never come back. They come in a couple of times a week. I have to look after them and be seen to look after them, as we all do because we are all community based.

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