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Calls for suspension of commercial rates

Rebecca Noonan
Rebecca Noonan

08:04 3 Apr 2020


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There are calls for commercial rates to be suspended for the rest of the year for small and medium enterprises.

Fianna Fáil says businesses need all the support they can to get back on their feet and the government should compensate local authorities for the loss of income.

A number of services have been put in place for enterprises, like banks offering low-interest-rate loans over a seven-year period.

But Fianna Fail's business spokesperson Robert Troy says more needs to be done.

"They typically pay maybe €4/5,000 a year in commercial rates, who've had to close their door because of no customers, who've had to close their doors because of government direction because of Covid-19.

"I believe the government should ensure that they should not be paying commercial rates for 2020."


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