Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 1 October 2025
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Enterprise, Tourism and Employment
Competitiveness and the Cost of Doing Business in Ireland: Discussion (Resumed)
2:00 am
Mr. Finbarr Filan:
Over two years. It is actually probably going to be close to €550,000 this year. My energy bill has gone from €3,200 a month to €5,700 a month, so now my energy bill in my store is touching €60,000 when it used to be €30,000. My insurance has gone up slightly, but they are the big two that really hit us. The increase in the minimum wage affects everything back down the food chain before that. The delivery driver is facing the same thing, my main supplier is saying the same thing, the factory that builds the product is finding the same thing and the farmer is finding the same thing. It goes the whole way back down.
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