VAT Rate for Hospitality Sector: Motion [Private Members]
Dail Éireann — 2024-10-16
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Michael Collins (IND), Cork South-West

They came up yesterday. In one minute I will give the Minister of State time to talk and I will not interrupt his talking. They came up here yesterday out of their goodwill and took another few pounds out of their pockets. They were brought up here a couple of days before the budget, the VAT 9 group, and were codded to their eyeball by Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil. The Minister of State's Minister was down in west Cork promising, promising, promising. He left a legacy of closures after him and that is what is happening to the cafés, restaurants and the pubs, and to the businesses in west Cork. The Minister, Deputy Martin, now knows that there is a general election and he better revisit it. It is too late for the Government and it is time for them to go. That is the order from the people of west Cork.

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Sitting date: 2024-10-16