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Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (17 Apr 2024)

Simon Harris: ...bank account. The Government is seeking to give people financial assistance and we are saying we will not stop there. We are going to do more around energy efficiency. We have increased the VAT threshold. We have left the gas and electricity VAT cuts in place for the time being. We are also looking at how we can provide certainty. The big thing I hear from small businesses is that...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (17 Apr 2024)

Michael Collins: ..., some of which have been in operation for decades, advice and mentoring is an insult to their intelligence. Last week, on the front page of the west Cork Southern Star, a national campaign for the VAT rate to be reduced was launched by businesses throughout west Cork. This campaign, called VAT 9 Now, run by Jamie Budd of Budd's restaurant in Ballydehob, Peter Shanahan of the Fish...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (17 Apr 2024)

Simon Harris: ...for this grant. It is easy to apply for, low on bureaucracy. Very little paperwork is involved. Let us get money immediately into the bank accounts of small businesses. We have also kept in place the VAT cuts for gas and electricity and increased the VAT threshold level, which has helped many small businesses. The Minister, Deputy Peter Burke, is also working on an energy...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (17 Apr 2024)

Michael Collins: I thank the Taoiseach for his reply. The Taoiseach said he fully accepted the sector is struggling. Unfortunately, VAT is the problem here. The Government does not seem to understand that since the VAT rate went up, restaurants and cafés all over the country are shutting down. Door after door is banging shut. The Taoiseach does not grasp the crisis here. On his election as...