There will be no rushed return to normal, the Tánaiste Leo Varadkar has said. Speaking to Business Editor Ciarán Hancock, the Minister said his focus was on ensuring the survival of businesses and on making sure the pandemic costs the economy only a lost year or so, not a lost decade as the State suffered after the financial crash.
Meanwhile the Minister for Finance said there will be
no extension to the reduction in top rate VAT. The top rate was cut from 23 per cent to 21 per cent last year to help Covid-hit retailers. Eoin Burke-Kennedy reports.
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