Mr. James Finan:

To address one of the points about employment, one of the figures we have is an estimate of 200,000 people in hospitality. At our venue, we employ 113 people, most of whom are part-time workers and students. I got into the industry via a part-time job. It gives opportunities to many people who, unfortunately, need to work while studying. It provides convenient, non-full-time hours for them to sustain the high cost of accommodation associated with going to college. Four or five venues in Galway have closed since I was in college, and the opportunities for part-time jobs they provided are no more.