Richard Boyd Barrett (Dún Laoghaire, People Before Profit Alliance) | Oireachtas source

I will take up the invitations as I want to know what is going on. I would like the industry to get €160 million - do not get me wrong - but I believe that when an industry gets €80 million, it should create more permanent employment in exchange. I met some people the other day who were producing the most amazing props.

It was blindingly good work. They are in their 70s and cannot retire because the on-off nature of their employment means that they do not have pension entitlements. That is a scandal.