Mr. Donall O'Keeffe:

I share Mr. Cummins's concerns about the cost of apprenticeship programmes. There is a two-tier system in operation. There are both old apprenticeships and new ones. Under the new system, employers have to pay for the off-the-job element as well as the on-the-job element.

In terms of the regulatory environment, certainly one of the areas of deep concern for our industry currently is the inflexibility regarding pass-through charges, which Ms. Fitzgerald Kane mentioned. An 80-bedroom hotel could be paying €2,500 per week in pass-through charges for water and electricity. That amounts to basically recycling the CRSS money. We would be very interested in seeing a change to the licensing laws, particularly in the context of bar exemptions for special functions. What is in place needs to be significantly updated.