Publicans and restauranteurs say they will have no choice but to pass rise on to consumers
She said her own energy bills have gone from €4,000 every two months to €16,000. “We have no margin of error in the restaurant trade. There is no wriggle room here. We don’t have the money to cover that 4.5 per cent increase. We just don’t have it.”Dublin publican Noel Anderson, who owns the Lemon & Duke in Blackrock, the Little Lemon and The Bridge 1859 pubs, said he could not understand the decision when the Government is trying to drive down inflation.
“We are just after coming out of a year’s shutdown. I think plenty of places will close after this because it is definitely not good for business. VAT is VAT, but it has to be paid. You don’t get any rebate from it. You have to pass it on. Adrienne Hanley from Murty Rabbitt’s bar in Galway city said the 4.5 per cent increase is a “path to destruction” for the hospitality sector.
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