Mr. Adrian Cummins:

The Department of Social Protection, the association and our colleagues in the Irish Hotels Federation were asked to participate in jobs fairs. We participated in three jobs fairs this year. A total of 800 people turned up at a jobs fair in Dublin looking for a job. A total of 23% of them got a job afterwards in the hospitality sector in some shape or form. The hospitality sector can be contract catering, hotels and restaurants and the tourism industry in general. It is not just mainstream cafés and restaurants. People are working in the contract catering area and working in factories. We have a diverse industry.