Ms Tara Buckley:

Mr. Gavin explained that the situation is a lot more difficult for retailers outside Dublin. Perhaps the boat is beginning to rise a bit in Dublin but that same experience is not being shared around the country. It must be recognised that many towns and villages have lost a lot of people to emigration and they have lost businesses and employers in the area. The matter must be addressed in a different way from how one would look at some of the big urban centres or larger cities.