Olivia Mitchell (Dublin South, Fine Gael)

I would ask a brief question if I could remember it. The Leas-Cheann Comhairle has put it out of my head. If bad hotels are to go the wall, the Bacon report suggested that the clawback be dropped. However, I am against that suggestion. We gave people money to get into the business and now we are giving them money to get out of it. Bad hotels should fail if good hotels are to survive. This is the way the market works. We should not be giving more taxpayers' money.

See this speech in context