That’s not even factoring other forms of lost revenue the Gov like:
400 people on the dole having to spend a lot less in economy. Lost VAT, excise duty etc on products these people would have been able to afford if were still employed.

If a company is viable, or even slightly loss making over a short term period, it would still be in the interest for the government to step in.

Joined up thinking my a**e

I’m thinking it sounds so ridiculous that there has to be more too it. they can’t be that short sighted. Maybe I’ve too much faith in peoples intelligence but I’m sure it will come out in the wash either way…

Same thing that’s rife in political and civil service life….no joined up thinking.

Ermm…there’s more to this story lads if you sit back and read between the lines in an intelligent way, why did management let the media spill the beans to the workers…not very well managed from wat it looks to me…wat else was not managed properly in the company if they didn’t even do this right…just saying!

Ah now Michael stop making sense now!! The government will get the common sense police after ye.

The Irish Road Haulage Association (IRHA) warned another six firms employing thousands of people will be gone by Christmas unless Government stems the tide of ever increasing fuel prices and use of laundered diesel in the sector.
“The industry is in dire straits,” said Eoin Gavin, President of the IRHA.
“The price of diesel is rapidly increasing and the Government are very slow to react and prevent further closures of transport companies and the loss of associated jobs.”
Independent.ie

The consequences of a government attempting a fiscal correction through increased taxation in the midst of a recession/depression is more unemployment and ultimately less tax revenues for the exchequer. This is exactly what happened following FG/Labours previous fumbling attempt at a fiscal correction in 1982: Increased unemployment and falling revenues. FG/Labour have failed to learn the mistakes of their own past and the public should be in no doubt that they utterly lack the competence to manage this economy.

The cost of fuel is passed onto the consumer, point?
In a country that brings the world Laser and Internet shopping, a courier company can’t survive? Nothing to do with Revenue at all.

Point:
The spin induced myth that this government is effectively tackling this crisis is unravelling. The zombiezation of the economy is spreading from the dysfunctional banking sector and property/construction sector to an increasingly insolvent transport sector. Irish exports are transported by trucks fuelled by laundered diesel rather than Laser or Internet (funnily enough).

“IRHA president Eoin Gavin called for the introduction of a rebate on fuel duty for hauliers, similar to those available in Belgium, Luxembourg and Spain.
Speaking on RTÉ’s Morning Ireland, Mr Gavin said the measure would be tax neutral because the cost would be offset by the increased number of trucks that would fill up in Ireland rather than overseas.
He said this would allow hauliers to compete with rivals who are using low-cost laundered fuel.
Mr Gavin said customers “at the moment are relying on illegal fuel to transport Irish exports, and that is a disgrace for this economy”.
He said the price of fuel, which traditionally represented 30% of hauliers’ cost base, now represents 50%.”
RTE News 28/08/12

“Comparing Ireland’s tax structure with other countries, the country already has among the highest marginal rates of direct (income) and indirect (VAT) tax in the world.”
Ronan Lyons 27/08/12

FG/Labour economic incompetence was exposed in the early eighties and handed continued political dominance to Fianna Fail for another generation. For their own reasons, now that they have been returned to power FG/Labour have decided to continue destroying the nations economy in earnest. So acute is their incompetence that, normally conservative, voters are seriously weighing up SF & ULA as parties that may inflict less damage on the economy.

Afaik they could still appeal to go under examinership. They should have preempted the Rev action.

I don’t think anyone is under the impression that its purely the Revenues fault. I’m sure they gave plenty of chances, may have had many promises broken by the company in past etc. Bad management is the main cause of this situation.

However, without a smart solution by the Gov, we are all losing out big time due to cases like this.

Something tells me there’s more than this than meets the eye….

Heard the Quinn name mentioned on RTE last night but nothing since.

If it was them then maybe its true they have no money left – to pay the PR machine.

Desmond that’s a foolish and unintelligent comment to make when you have limited facts. Indeed you should be intelligent enough to know that a Company collapsing without the employees being told is quite clearly being managed by somebody that doesn’t care and you just blindly accuse Revenue. Take a deep breath a long think and apologise to the staff in that area of the Public Service who protect my contributions from being used to prop up cowboy operations.

Mick also apologies to the public service staff in charge if the 50 million sham they called e voting machines , I sure they lost their jobs in order to protect you contributions . They could have called in an examiner to help target revenue have too much power , who’s watching them

And you know this how? From someone who failed to tell his staff and had to hear it on the news? Take the blinkers off.

wrong story much.

You can still apply for jobs in a sit-in.

Idiotic puerile comment.

Meant for B Feery’s comment

Yeah because the Vita Cortex workers got nowhere….you idiot.

Apply for what jobs?

On you mean the ones the jobs the other 440, 000 odd people unemployed are applying for aswell?

Now what these people are trying to achieve amongst numerous things, is getting the money they are owed.

Is there something wrong with that? They didn’t do anything wrong, so why should they be punished?