Mary Fitzpatrick

Lovely and sunny, actually, yeah.

Rain stopped.

There was some earlier, but none now.

It's going to hit their pockets, yeah, absolutely.

And it's going to make them, I suppose, think twice about it.

value of the purchase.

It's an EU wide initiative to, I suppose, protect EU jobs, Irish jobs, Irish retailers, Irish manufacturers, about 65.

It's a closing a loophole, actually, in EU taxes.

So products at the moment, about 65% of them coming into Europe and

Keep in mind, there's billions, billions of these small packages arriving, not just here in Ireland, but right across Europe every year.

65% of them are being undervalued to avoid paying European taxes and European charges.

And so what this will do is close the loophole and it is going to discourage.

It's a bit like the plastic bag levy when that was introduced.

I'm not going to apologise for protecting Irish jobs and Irish retailers.

I think it will, yeah, because I think three euros on every item is not a small amount.

Actually, I don't do any really online shopping, but I have three young adults in my house, so I hear the bell going.

And yeah, I think it'll make them think twice.

And landfill, you know, landfill, like we're all in a heatwave, right?

Europe is melting and we're all conscious of climate.

And landfill is being like...