Mr. Simon Murray:

To sum up, as islanders we are here and none of us will be going home tonight, to state the obvious. We are completely different to our mainland counterparts in many ways. This Bill will help us to secure the future of our islands. The obvious thing, from the point of view of our representative organisations, is that everyone in attendance here can name a depopulated island, some of which are very famous but no one can name a repopulated one. None exists and that is the problem. Once the lights go out, they will not go back on. That is where we are at this moment in history. Ironically, I can sit on Inishbofin with 30 Mg and the world at my fingertips. People have lived on Inishbofin for 5,000 or 6,000 years but the next 50 years is probably the most knife edge time for the island's future. In that context, I ask members to strongly support this Bill.