James Reilly (Fine Gael)
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I want to clarify a point I made earlier. I would not be surprised if Mr. McKeever's members, who are exporters, are acutely aware of it but I think what Ms Callan was alluding to was the fact the smaller fellows down the line who are making the little bits and pieces in supplying the exporter will think that it has nothing to do with them and that they have their little job and will do their little bit. They do not realise that it is going to come down the road to them as well. When Dell left Limerick, we all know the impact on the economy was not just the loss of the workers' jobs there but the effect on all the suppliers, the little shops and all the other parts of the community that feed into that and sometimes do not understand the impact. It is worrying that the Small Firms Association sees that. We need a strategy to inform them in a way that does not alarm them but prepares them. This is something I will take away from today.