Ms Ciara O'Connell:

The Deputy might be but I definitely will not be.

As I said, the one-size-fits-all approach does not work. It is squeezing businesses like mine out of existence. We are going to lose our grassroots operation soon. If we do not take a comprehensive look at what contemporary Irish culture is and our night-time offering, it will be lost and changed quickly. We are not at a crisis point but we are fast heading towards it. It is time to take the reins and take control of it.

We are not looking for a fast fix. We know there is no fast fix around changing legislation. What we are looking for is the start of change. We are looking at the offerings across the board from the small 50-seat venues like mine to the much larger scale venues. There is room for everyone. In contemporary Ireland, we should have a space for everyone where we can thrive and do business.