Mr. Adrian Cummins:

To be very clear, our line Department, which is responsible for tourism, has been very supportive of our industry to date in getting things done with regard to guidelines and advocating on our behalf. When it comes to business supports, the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment is the Department whose role is to help all small businesses. It seems that hospitality and tourism have been excluded in respect of much of the grant aid and discussions on support services and getting things done. Therefore, we need a joined-up approach and to get things done faster to support struggling businesses. The July stimulus is the vehicle through which this needs to be fast-forwarded, with an aid package tailored specifically for our sector but also for others, and specifically for large-scale re-employment of the workforce right across the country.

On restaurants, the Deputy is quite right to identify the two individuals concerned in his constituency. It has been hard to make money in restaurants and now it is extremely hard. What we are trying to do is help those affected through this critical time. Many young people get their first job in hospitality and tourism. This job might allow them to earn some money to go to college and to have some spending money. We want to play our part in this recovery. We did so during the previous recession. We created 50,000 jobs in the space of three years. We went from 120,000 jobs to 170,000 very quickly. We can fast-track employment.

I will hand over to my colleague Mr. Power. I believe there is a question-----