Paschal Donohoe is refusing to back down on children’s socks.
The Minister for Finance was confronted on the bonkers stance the Government is taking where a parent cannot buy new socks for babies during lockdown.
Children’s clothing is not considered an ‘essential’ good or service, so retailers are barred from selling them.
But at the same time someone can buy as much of something else that is considered essential under the Government’s guidelines - booze.
Mr Donohoe was not for turning when asked about the issue by RTE news anchor, Bryan Dobson, this afternoon.
The Minister said: “We also have a broader responsibility, which is the broader responsibility of how we protect the public health of those that we serve, and additional economic responsibilities regarding fairness to those who have made decisions that has now led to the closure of businesses.
“And what we are looking to do is to reconcile all of those agendas and then to do our best as we work our way through this to deal with issues as they develop.”
