Seanad debates
Wednesday, 28 September 2011
Company Closures: Motion (Resumed)
I do not know if the Minister was present on the day I spoke about how we broke into the market in Tesco in the UK and when Tesco then took over Quinnsworth. It was my job to get that business. My world fell apart when Tesco took over Quinnsworth, but we have a great connection there. Sir Terry Leahy, the managing director of Tesco, whose father was from Sligo and mother from south Armagh, wanted to help Irish companies. Obviously, if a business could not rise to the occasion, Tesco would not bother with it. It was said in the House last week that there is a diaspora that want to help Ireland. I agree with my colleagues that we must encourage the indigenous companies to have the courage to get more business that will subsequently result in the creation of more jobs.
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