Finance Bill 2021: Committee and Remaining Stages
Seanad Éireann — 2021-12-14
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Maria Byrne (FG), Agricultural Panel

While I understand Senator Higgins’s passion, as well as what she said, we have to deal with reality as well. The fact is that so many businesses will be impacted by this. There will be a knock-on effect. Businesses are going through a hard time because of Brexit, Covid-19 and so on. We are all talking about schemes to support businesses because they are going through a turbulent time. If we add an extra cost onto the hauliers, they will put that cost onto the businesses. It will impact on the cost of goods and on jobs. We have to deal with the reality.

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Sitting date: 2021-12-14