Mr. Frank Gleeson:

More focused resources are needed. Mr. Tony Hickey spoke about the level of inspections of licensed retailers and they number in the thousands. There are very few convictions or prosecutions because the retail trade generally is compliant with the regulations governing the sale of tobacco and alcohol. When the retail trade does not do it right it gets prosecuted and large penalties are imposed. I propose the focused use of some of those resources and cross-governmental support to address this problem. It is great to be here today and I hope the committee will take on the issue of the tackling of this problem and be our champion because the retail sector needs to get back jobs. That would be the message I want to get across and Senator Feargal Quinn would understand that more than most.