Mr. Padraig Cribben:

Precisely. The reduction in excise that we are seeking is not geared towards having more alcohol consumed but towards giving a better offering to our tourists and preserving jobs in the on-trade. Bear in mind that of the 92,000 jobs that are dependent on the drinks industry, 55,000 of those are in pubs around the country. We would see the reversal of the excise increase as being germane to protecting those jobs as well.