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THE hospitality sector badly needs some positive measures in next week’s budget, according to Maurice Walsh of Durty Nelly’s in Bunratty. He says there is a real danger that come businesses will close if action is not taken. “The sentiment that is out there is that an awful lot of people are hanging on, and if there is no change, they won’t be hanging on for much longer,” he said. VAT in the sector reverting from 9% to 13.5% has caused huge problems, he claimed. “As a business, what we would be looking for, though it seems to be falling on deaf ears, is a reduction in VAT. The thing about VAT is the government increased it by 50% in relation to food, it is bringing in an extra €600 million for the Government, they don’t want to relinquish that,” he said. “There was a suggestion of 11%, rather than 13.5% but that seems to be falling on deaf ears …
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