Mr. Joe Doyle:

When one sees the truckloads of produce crossing the water every Monday and Tuesday morning and the displacement of Irish jobs in manufacturing, it is easy to see where things have gone. We have all talked about the price of wine and the below-cost selling of alcohol generally, as well as the amount of revenue lost to the Exchequer, although I do not agree with the solution proposed at the start of the year. I am involved in food manufacturing, although I am also an independent retailer, like Mr. Nolan, and we provide a lot of employment within our business. When one considers the volume of goods produced in this country versus the truckloads coming into the country every Monday morning, it is hard to understand from where it is all coming.