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Hopes of shops opening on February 10 destroyed by bureaucracy – GRTU
The government has refused the GRTU's request on behalf of all retailers who wished to open on February 10, a public holiday, without a legal obligation of €700.
The government has failed to decide in time for 10 February a public holiday and considered to be an important day for shoppers in view of Valentines Day, for shops to be allowed to open without a legal obligation of €700.
Last year a controversy on the opening of shops on public holidays that fall close to special occasions ensued. The General Retailers and Traders Association had strongly pushed for the outlets to be given the opportunity to open without the legal obligation to pay €700 per shop.
But despite the government's commitment to liberate 10 February, the GRTU said in a statement that "it regretfully has to inform all outlet owners who had planned to open on this day that they may have to incur the charge unless they are exempt".
"The government has refused the GRTU's request on behalf of all retailers who wished to open," the GRTU added.
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Why should the Government impose an additional tax on people who want to work more? If someone wants to go shopping and somebody else is prepared to sell him the stuff required,where does the government come into it? We should be encouraging work and enterprise not the reverse.
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The only god that the GRTU believes in is money. Last year it was clamouring for shops to remain closed on Good Friday (only because lidl had expressed intention of opeining its shops). This time it wants its members to open because it is good business.
