Politics

Simon Harris must ‘undo’ cost increases for businesses as taoiseach

Business groups have called on the new Fine Gael leader to reverse a series of expensive policy changes introduced under Leo Varadkar

Eoghan O’Mara Walsh, chief executive of the Irish Tourism Industry Confederation (ITIC), said his members are facing more than €450 million of additional payroll costs this year

Business groups have called on Simon Harris to reverse recent changes to government policy that have heaped a series of additional costs on business owners.

Representative groups for Irish SMEs said Harris’ first priority as taoiseach should be to introduce supports for businesses facing an avalanche of government-imposed costs, including the multi-year hike in the minimum wage and increases to employers PRSI.

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