Jerry Buttimer (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

That is a fair point. My final comment is in the context of where we are today. We have had a very good engagement. I apologise for missing the private meeting yesterday. I suggest that on foot of today's meeting we look at the possibility of inviting in Fáilte Ireland, Adrian Cummins on behalf of the hospitality sector, and maybe the Minister of State, Deputy English, or the Tánaiste or officials from their Department to come before us to discuss matter this further.

Mr. Lynn is right. I thank all the people who work in our hospitality sector. Anyone watching or listening should understand that, as Mr. Lynn rightly said there, chefs, people who work in kitchens, kitchen porters and hospitality waitstaff often work in high-end, high-pressure, not-fully-staffed settings. We should thank them and acknowledge the work they do. To be fair, it is very easy for someone to go on tripadvisor.comand write a cranky review on the basis of a misguided engagement because, as I think we will all agree, 99% of the engagement is superb and the hospitality, whether it is the céad míle fáilte or whatever you want to say now, is excellent.

The one thing we must look at, which I know is not a matter for or today, is the cost factor. There is a debate we need to have regarding the cost factor, which is a different story. I thank our guests for being here. I commend those who work in hospitality and tell them that we hear their concerns here. I hope that at our next private meeting we can look at continuing out examination of this matter. Again, I apologise for my lack of technical know-how.