161 Deputy Jim O’Keeffe asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if her attention has been drawn to the system introduced by a leading multiple in which demands are levied on suppliers at the beginning of the year, which in 2009 will total €170 million approximately, on the basis that if suppliers do not pay such demands, supplies will be obtained elsewhere including from abroad; her views on this practice; if she has proposals to curb such activity in view of the possibility of suppliers being put out of business leading to further unemployment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12223/09]

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161 Deputy Jim O’Keeffe asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if her attention has been drawn to the system introduced by a leading multiple in which demands are levied on suppliers at the beginning of the year, which in 2009 will total €170 million approximately, on the basis that if suppliers do not pay such demands, supplies will be obtained elsewhere including from abroad; her views on this practice; if she has proposals to curb such activity in view of the possibility of suppliers being put out of business leading to further unemployment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12223/09]

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