Danny Healy-Rae highlights sectors left behind by CRSS
Danny Healy-Rae warned that multiple local sectors were left behind by the CRSS payment, naming mineral water distributors, taxi drivers, coach operators and suppliers to hotels. He described businesses that are not closed but have lost more than 90% of their customers and face severe hardship.
Sectors affected
He condemned the reach of the CRSS payment scheme for failing to cover a range of businesses that remain operational but effectively without customers, including mineral water distributors, taxis, coach operators and food suppliers to hotels.
Mineral water distributors
He said mineral water distributors are still open but have lost the bulk of their trade, forcing some to take back bottles at their own cost and dump stock because more than 90% of their customers are not buying.
Taxis in Killarney
He described taxi drivers in Killarney as feeling let down, noting some can access the PUP payment but many who try to operate have no customers. He recounted seeing only one taxi on Collier Street and warned drivers may be unable to meet tax obligations.
Coach operators and tourism
He emphasised the damage to coach operators, calling them a vital part of the tourism sector in Killarney and saying some yards held up to 90 buses that had not moved in more than a year. He lamented the loss of service from long-serving drivers and operators.
Suppliers to hotels and wider impact
He highlighted fish and vegetable suppliers to hotels as further examples of businesses still trading but having lost most of their income. He warned these suppliers have been left behind by the supports and face a bleak future without additional assistance.
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Thank you very much, Ciancola. I'm glad to get the opportunity to mention a few of the sectors that have been left behind with the CRSS payment. Mineral water distributors, they are not closed down, but their customers, more than 90% of their customers are not buying from them. In fact, they have to take back bottles at their own cost and dump the stuff. Taxis in Killarney, they feel they're very much let down because, yes, some of them can get the PUP payment and more of them who try to operate, they just can't because they have no customers. I went into Collier Street the other night, one taxi that was there. And I know that some of these taxi men are going to have to give back their taxes in the near future because they just can't pay the payments. And I'm very sad to see those grand meaning women who gave such sterling service in the town of Killarney, and indeed outside of it, in other places, that they're going to lose their way of life and have to surrender. Coach operators. Coach operators. Coach operators were a very important part of the tourism sector in Killarney, and it's sad to see yards of buses up to 90 and some yards in Killarney didn't move with the last 12 months, more than 12 months. Coach operators. And it's very tough on these people who gave such sterling service with their drivers and the type of buses that they provided, that they have been left behind as well. Coach operators. Fish providers to hotels and indeed vegetable suppliers and those kind of suppliers, even though they are not shut down, but 90% of their business is gone and they have been left behind in this as well. Coach operators.
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