Mr. Adrian Cummins:

I will speak on behalf of the Restaurants Association of Ireland. We have had contact with the Department responsible for tourism. Its officials have been excellent in listening to our requests. We have had problems with the Department responsible for business and the lack of engagement by that Department in supporting grant applications for our industry and listening to our needs. We feel there is a disconnect between various Departments in terms of getting things done. What we need is urgent action, including through the tourism recovery task force, with which we all agree. There are recommendations on the reduction in the VAT rate and a grant aid package. It is not loans that we want but grant aid. We need to make sure that it is moved through the system very quickly. We need to consider very low cost, or 0%, loans to ensure long-term liquidity for our industry. Other witnesses will have other asks but we-----