Ms Tara Buckley:

Absolutely. And I thank Senator Mullins for his support. We agree with him about getting the balance right. We are not advocating getting rid of parking charges. We are asking for uniformity, consistency and charges which are about managing a scarce resource and not about penalising the customers who want to come into town. We accept that parking charges are required to stop people staying in a space all day, but there is a way to grade use to make it attractive to come in for a few hours, do one's business and go.