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:

There are two issues with that. First, most of us did that ten years ago because we were always trying to drive down costs. It is not a new thing. Second, if a business wants to do it now, it still has to come up with the money to do the change. If I wanted to change one fridge in my store, it is €25,000. So, it is pointless. That grant only really deals with lights, which are the smallest energy users in the store because we have all changed them to LEDs already.

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