Mr. Sean Collender:

Yes, we need footfall more than ever. This is really about an image. I was in town myself on Saturday. From our point of view, it comes back to visibility - the simple presence of getting more people on the street. I drove from Clontarf in north Dublin all the way to Camden Street and, unfortunately, on that journey I did not see a single Garda presence on the streets. I do not know what the figures are for the Garda on the streets. Is it affecting our business? Yes, it is one of the factors that is definitely going to affect it and the longer it goes on the more people of a certain age bracket will feel that they do not want to go into town. That is something that cannot happen. We would strongly be in favour of supporting more resources for the guards where we can.