Ms Síobhan Kelly:

Hopefully. We have all heard from the guys. As Mark has said, he has not received a wage now from the business for a number of months. If he is not receiving a wage my three children are not receiving what they are entitled to. Home life has been extremely stressful as a result. I am watching my husband come in every evening and I can just see the worry on his face about where he is going to get the money to pay the next bill or the next wage.

Now that the school term is finished the children are looking to go on day trips and holidays. We have to say sorry, it cannot be done. They are looking to attend camps but that cannot be done either. Our eight year old boy with special needs cannot get the full attention he deserves. Every day when the postman comes we wonder what bill is coming in or what urgent matter we have to deal with next. The situation has brought us down to rock bottom in the past couple of months, to the point that we have fought, argued and cried. It is hard to try to block that from the children every day of the week.

I can understand where every one of the men is coming from. It has been so difficult and the Government really needs to step back and see what it is doing to people. These are Irish contractors but instead the Government brings in contractors from the UK or anywhere else in the world; it does not look at Irish contractors. The situation needs to be sorted.