Mr. Adrian Cummins:

Everybody will try to reopen. People are fighting for their business lives. Unless the wage supplement scheme is continued until next year and the July stimulus package contains substantial grant aid, then 50% of all restaurants will close. Some restaurants did not reach the starting line, which was yesterday, and have remained closed. These are seasonal businesses in west Cork and Connemara that cannot open. The situation is so serious that we need a package of measures, VAT reduction, grant aid and the temporary wage supplement scheme. Absolutely from our sector alone we need some sort of burden sharing for the landlords where everybody must take a cut. I mean the banks, landlords and tenants.