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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Cost of Doing Business in Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Apr 2018)
Mary Butler: Does Mr. Connolly wish to comment?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Cost of Doing Business in Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Apr 2018)
Mary Butler: Would Mr. Duggan care to answer about family continuation in the business?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Cost of Doing Business in Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Apr 2018)
Mary Butler: Have the two groups any concerns relating to Brexit?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Cost of Doing Business in Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Apr 2018)
Mary Butler: Is it correct that most pharmacies have a delivery every day?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Cost of Doing Business in Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Apr 2018)
Mary Butler: Is there an issue around crime, when the deliveries are being brought in? Is that something else of which pharmacies must be conscious?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Cost of Doing Business in Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Apr 2018)
Mary Butler: It is a positive development? Mr. Duggan must be the first person to say that.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Cost of Doing Business in Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Apr 2018)
Mary Butler: Tá fáilte romhat.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Cost of Doing Business in Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Apr 2018)
Mary Butler: I have to contradict Mr. Duggan, we do have-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Cost of Doing Business in Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Apr 2018)
Mary Butler: No. There are three Ministers with responsibilities in this area. Deputy Heather Humphreys is the line Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation and the Ministers of State, Deputies John Halligan and Pat Breen, also have responsibilities in this area. It is not true to say that there is nobody representing this area.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Cost of Doing Business in Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Apr 2018)
Mary Butler: Mr. Duggan might not be seeing it on the ground but it does exist. In the course of our discussions on the cost of doing business in Ireland we have had discussions with officials from Enterprise Ireland, IDA Ireland, the chambers of commerce, InterTradeIreland, the Hotels Federation of Ireland, the Restaurants Association of Ireland, Insurance Ireland and the IFA. The organisations here...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Cost of Doing Business in Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Apr 2018)
Mary Butler: Does the IPU have those statistics?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Cost of Doing Business in Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Apr 2018)
Mary Butler: They would be very interesting.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Cost of Doing Business in Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Apr 2018)
Mary Butler: A breakdown by region would be useful. We will try for a breakdown by county.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Cost of Doing Business in Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Apr 2018)
Mary Butler: A lot of local authorities have tried to encourage small and medium enterprises, SMEs, and small retailers to open. Concessions on rates and so on were given where a lot of units closed. We cannot knock that. I can understand the witnesses' point of view, but the local authorities were just trying to encourage business, especially in inner cities and towns. It is important that the main...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Cost of Doing Business in Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Apr 2018)
Mary Butler: That goes on in a lot of businesses. Does Mr. Duggan wish to comment?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Cost of Doing Business in Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Apr 2018)
Mary Butler: They are coming in for the reference number.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Cost of Doing Business in Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Apr 2018)
Mary Butler: Am I be correct in saying it is not zero VAT in other jurisdictions? It certainly is not zero VAT in the UK.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Cost of Doing Business in Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Apr 2018)
Mary Butler: What would be the situation with VAT if I wanted to buy a Raymond Weil watch, for example, and I decided to purchase it online?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Cost of Doing Business in Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Apr 2018)
Mary Butler: Is Mr. Duggan saying customers do not pay any VAT? Do they pay the VAT charged in the country of origin of the online retailer?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Cost of Doing Business in Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Apr 2018)
Mary Butler: Yes, but I still believe if I were to buy a Raymond Weil watch in Geneva, for example, that I would pay the VAT that would be charged there, even if I bought it online, but I would not pay any duty when it comes into the country.