Pat Rabbitte says the company could've given a warning to customers given that the unfortunate situation it is in was "not exactly a surprise".
The entertainment retailer went into administration last night putting the future of 300 staff at its Irish stores in jeopardy.
Minister Rabbitte says he hopes that Deloitte, the HMV administrator can come to some arrangement with consumers.
The Government has announced plans to allow for the new property tax to be deducted from people's social welfare payments.
Legislation for the charge which comes into force in July has already been passed by the Dáil.
Today the Social Protection Minister brought a document to Cabinet outlining how her department will implement a deduction at source facility before July.
Sinn Fein is calling on homeowners to lobby TDs and Councillors to repeal the property tax bill.
Party leader Gerry Adams says because of the new arrangements being put in place there can be no campaign of non payment.
A former HSE employee has been charged with the theft and attempted theft of over €170,000 from the HSE and some of its suppliers.
52 year old David Cooper appeared before Cork District Court on foot of 12 charges relating to his time as an employee at St Mary's Orthopedic Hospital in Cork.
Mr Cooper with an address at Southern Road , Cork, has since resigned from the HSE and is on disability allowance.
He's been remanded on bail to appear in court again on February 5th.
A father of two who tried to sneak a mobile phone into an inmate in Wheatfield prison by hiding it between his buttocks has avoided a jail term.
Anthony Boobey of Dominick Street Lower, Dublin 1 later told gardaí he was trying to get the phone into a relative.
The 32 year pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to attempting to supply a mobile phone to a prisoner on August 5, 2011.
Judge Mary Ellen Ring imposed a two year jail term which she suspended in full on condition that Boobey stay out of trouble for those two years.
Horse meat has been found in a number of beef burgers sold widely in our supermarkets.
The discovery by the Food Safety Authority relates to products on sale in Tesco, Dunnes, Lidl, Aldi and Iceland.
While in most cases the amount of horse DNA was at a low level, in one sample from Tesco it accounted for 29% of the meat content.
