Mr. Michael Desmond:

Borrowing and stealing I suppose. We cannot get money by going into a bank or a credit union or any other financial institution and asking them for money. They would ask, "Why do you need it?", and our reply is "Because the market collapsed". They might ask when it would reopen again but I do not know the answer to that. Is the bank going to give that money? It has just been impossible for us. Members have no idea what it has been like for us. I do not know how many times we have asked and this is not the first time, although it is the first time we have been here. For years other coastal Deputies have stood up in the Dáil asking for something, and all the Members agree but nothing gets done. Looking at where we have been it has gotten 100 times worse since last November. Is there a sign of it getting better? No, not without the political will.