Robert Troy (Longford-Westmeath, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Just to be very clear, because I want to put it on the record, I am not advocating cheap labour. We all want local Irish citizens to be employed and to spread employment to the EEA if there are people available in those countries to be employed. We are acknowledging they are not available to be employed in the horticultural sector. One of the reasons, as Ms Dunne said, is that it is a difficult job. Another is the remuneration that is being paid which quite often is all that can be paid because of the margin that the employers are working off.