Mr. Terence O'Shea:

I represent the Independent Licensed Merchants Association, ILMA, which comprises around 350 small licensed merchants and general merchants, mainly in the western seaboard and along the Border counties. We have done a fairly in-depth analysis of the way our members will end up if the statutory instrument stays as it is or if it is amended. If the amendments that we have put forward to the Department are accepted and if the statutory instrument is amended by the Minister, approximately 50 members out of a total of 350 will remain in the business over the next 12 months. If it is not changed, it will probably will be fewer than five.