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. Neil McDonnell:
I will mention, because we are multi-sector, that there are areas of business constrained by law. For childcare, you cannot simply put more people in the room. The Deputy has seen the recent scandals around nursing homes. There are areas in which services operate on the basis of a ratio where Tusla and HIQA decide what the maximum productivity is going to be. It is simply just going to cost more money if you increase the cost of those services.
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