Ms Ann Martyn:

I am not terribly sure that I could put them in order of preference. They all hurt me. To follow up on what Mr. Jennings said, the thing that affects my business most is labour costs, particularly with the minimum wage. I come from a small rural town where we have always supported students, young people in part-time jobs, so that they can go to college. The minimum wage and the pay related social insurance, PRSI, charges make having two students in for Saturday and Sunday very expensive for me. We are working with very tight margins. People think I am loaded because they see all the money in the till but that belongs to the Government, the county council, the insurance company. A bit more relief for small-time employers in respect of PRSI payments, which we had before, would help to keep indigenous industries and small businesses in small rural towns, as Deputy Neville said. That is a challenge even in the business I am in. If we could address the labour costs I would be happy.