Minister for Finance Paschal Donohoe
Asked about concerns about the availability of goods such as children’s shoes, Minister @Paschald said if vaccination targets are met non-essential retailers can open in May. He added many retailers are selling children’s shoes online | Read more coverage: https://t.co/3Y3Xajmwms pic.twitter.com/8sNqHR6ueO
— RTÉ News (@rtenews) March 31, 2021
This morning.
Morning Ireland on RTÉ Radio One.
Good times.
Previously: VAT On Children’s Shoes (RTE Archive)
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sure everyone can afford delivery charges …ffs
Kids shoes have to be fitted properly!!! Why do they not understand this!!! They have soft bones in their feet that are not formed and badly fitting shoes can cause life long problems with feet, posture gait etc
Excellent point, and one which seems to have been better understood by parents 40/50 years ago. Ugg boots (or whatever they’re called), are detrimental to young feet.
Thanks Paulus! Just saw someone tweet that they got their toddler a pair of Runner one size up, easy peasy! Jesus wept! Of course you can get a pair of shoes and put it on a kids foot but you won’t be able to tell if they fit properly what those badly fitting shoes are doing to little bones. Good grief!
+1
Sounds like marketing to me
barefoot is best, often as possible but yeah definitely need measurements, I used to love the yearly Clarks measure on Henry Street, sticking your foot in the watsit for the lady so she could exclaim what kind of foot you had
Apparently, Bruton’s motivation to tax kids shoes back then arose from a belief that women with smaller feet were advantaged by not having to pay vat on shoes.
Donohoe is an execrable typical FG politician with the nous of a gnat
I bought shoes for myself online there recently and was so-so about them. Had I been in the shop I would have spent a few euro extra getting ones that would have suited me better. Now my wee lad needs shoes and I am reluctant to order them online because he does need his foot measured. Sorry kids you’ll have to postpone growing there for a minute we can’t get you proper fitting shoes because the government is intent on screwing up a vaccination roll out
dunnes have a foot measuring yoke for kids.
Draw around their feet and use a ruler to measure. Find a size guide online. Not rocket science. I bought 2 items of clothing recently and both were free delivery.
Why would you not want a child to have properly fitted shoes?
Once vaccine targets are met? And what are the targets? 100% vaccinated? Next, they’ll blame unvaccinated people for new lockdowns and renewed regulations. Nice dystopia.