Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein)

I am asking a question. We do not have to cravenly thank them for having been here. Dell did very well when here and the motivation behind leaving was that it was able to move from this jurisdiction, displacing 1,900 Irish workers, in order to make more profits by transferring the work to lower paid workers in another location within the European Union. It is an absolute travesty and the Taoiseach should not try to discharge the European Union from any responsibility in this. The Commission gave approval and these are the facts. During the period of the Lisbon treaty referendum, when this became apparent in the later stages, there was nothing but deafening silence from the "Yes" side in respect of this matter. This is at the core of what we are talking about, namely protecting jobs in Ireland. I am asking the Taoiseach, in respect of his attendance at the meeting on 29 and 30 October, if the issue-----

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