Simple question ...Why do you think Irish, or UK business owners and business leaders employ foreign labour, generally?
I would like to answer this one if I may.
I am a Manager at at Meat Plant in Ireland. We employ many foreign nationals simply because we cannot get local people to do the jobs and also because of a lack of skills. we employ Brazilian, Polish, Latvian, Slovaks, Ukranians, Lithuanians, Czechs etc because alot of them have the skills we require. Last May I went to Ukraine to interview 63 men who wanted to come and work in my factory. I went to see their skills and hand picked 12 on them to come over. They are still there and are some of the best employees we have.
Now that the good times are gone and jobs are scarce, those same Irish who left these jobs for bigger pay packets on the construction sites would like to think that these jobs are theirs by right.
Well im sticking with my Ukranian and other foreign national workers who have stood by me and who get the same rate of pay as everyone else in the factory.
I hope this goes some way to answer your question.