Paul Gavan (Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I take Dr. McGann's point on that. However, I want to focus on the meat industry. These are the work permits that pay just €22,000 a year. Everyone around this table would be on multiples of that salary. It is backbreaking work. There was a tremendous report done by the Migrant Rights Centre Ireland, MRCI, Working to the Bone, which showed in great detail the levels of exploitation in the sector.

Given the meat industry sector's anti-union, union-busting attitude, along with poor rates of pay, how can we possibly justify, now of all times with a 25% unemployment rate, issuing work permits to that sector?