Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 16 July 2025
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Enterprise, Tourism and Employment
Competitiveness and the Cost of Doing Business in Ireland: Discussion
2:00 am
Mr. Adrian Cummins:
Looking at last year and this year in terms of the churn rate, more food-led businesses closed in the last two years than opened. The style of business is changing, which means labour is being taken out of the business model. We are seeing fewer businesses focused on sit-ins and set-downs and more going into take-away, which is less labour intensive. Take-aways are the businesses opening. It is a different style of hospitality. Now, this is not going to be the case in every part of the country, but it is what we are seeing in regard to the type of new businesses coming into the industry.
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