Mary Henry (Independent)

I am sure Senator White is correct in saying we do not need to talk ourselves into trouble but we have to listen also to the multinational companies. I was on a visit to a pharmaceutical company in Switzerland recently and far from suggesting that our problem with employment was companies relocating to eastern Europe, China or India, they talked about our employment costs compared to other European countries and pointed out that taking Switzerland as a denominator of 100 with regard to cost, Ireland's score is 95 and Grimsby is 70. There is much leeway between these scores. We need a debate on competitiveness and I hope it can be held before the end of the session.