James Lawless (Kildare North, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

We will certainly put that question to it.

To go back to the representatives of the Restaurants Association of Ireland, would it be fair to say there has been a decline in commercial activity in certain city centre areas, both in their industry of hospitality and in retail and other trades? Is there a sort of circle of doom because there is less footfall and more crime or are places closing and generating a doom spiral? Is that beginning to happen? I do not want to talk down the city or the industry but being honest about it may help to start getting the solutions.