Brendan Smith (Cavan-Monaghan, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I thank Mr. Roberts for his presentation. What we need is a cessation of the sectarian violence because, regardless of the marketing initiatives taken and they are necessary, it is difficult to counteract the pictures being shown around the world by the broadcast media. I spoke to a young person outside the continent of Europe who told me that they were watching Sky News and that it was a case of violence on the streets of Ireland again. It is not just Northern Ireland that is being affected in a negative way by this publicity but the entire island because the person to whom I spoke said Sky News was churning out these images every few minutes. That is very damaging for the entire island but Belfast, in particular. Did Mr. Roberts mention that £15 million or £50 million was the estimated commercial loss to date?