Camillus Glynn (Fianna Fail)

Many small businesses are having difficulty and the banks primarily are the villain of the piece. Large businesses, some multinational, however, are using the downturn in the economy to cut wages. I have raised this issue before. I know of an individual working eight hours a day who is earning less than €70 a week. The person carries large responsibility in that employment. The few lousy cent the person received for travelling from one location to another has been discontinued. The extra pay on bank holidays and Sundays has been cut and the excuse given is that the company wants to preserve jobs. Who is that company fooling? It certainly is not fooling me. I am gathering evidence on this matter and when I have compiled and completed it to the best of my ability I will present it to the powers that be to take immediate and effective action against those people. It is bad enough that there is a world recession but when people use the recession to do down the small guy and gal I stand up and say "stop" because evil prevails when good men and women do nothing.