Pat Gallagher (Donegal South West, Fianna Fail)

Last week. It goes back to 1 January 2004. All companies will benefit from that approval. This is a difficult business within Europe. If there was no flagging out to the Bahamas and elsewhere the companies might not be on the same footing. I seek a level playing pitch. I am anxious to put this in place and the Commission approved the employers of seafarers PRSI refund scheme. I indicated it on Wednesday evening to the representative of the Seamen's Union of Ireland. If that would have resolved the problem, it would have done so on Wednesday night. I would have felt guilty——

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