Mr. Ger Gibbons:

No. Trade unions want companies to succeed. We want business to work. It is in our interest and in the interest of the people we represent to make sure that businesses work.

The way to resolve those issues is by trade unions and employers sitting down to discuss those issues. That does not happen to the extent that it should at present in Ireland. We think that should be done to a greater extent and there is an opportunity to do that through the adequate minimum wages directive that Ireland and the Government signed up to at European level three years ago to address these issues. We think the way to do that is by fully implementing the adequate minimum wages directive, to enable that dialogue to take place to address the issues. We are not going to get everything that we want to get.