Mr. Stephen McNally:

Regarding the agency situation, I am not quite sure about it. The agency does not come into play unless there is a large event and extra staff are needed. For the normal day-to-day business many of the hotels do not work with agencies as far as I know. I will have to speak with the Deputy in private to see if he is referring to particular cases. If there is a big match on some of the hotels will bring in additional staff, but in the day-to-day business I do not think there is much agency work going on. It is not really of much value to the hotels to do it that way because ultimately it would affect our tourism product and looking after the customer. The agency people do not tend to worry so much about that and it is very important for us. We would need to look at what the Deputy is specifically referring to, but I do not think it is a major issue for us as agency usage is minimal.