Many Irish families were raised on money sent back during hard times from the 1940s to the 1960s. Counties along the western seaboard are used to emigration – Dublin and some eastern counties would not be as used to it. Tremendous amounts of money were sent back from emigrants in various countries to educate their families and pay for others to emigrate. It is only right, now that Ireland has prospered, to do something for those who were not as lucky as other emigrants and have fallen on hard times. Not everyone who emigrates does well and it is only right to do something for them. As Senator Hayes said, those who look after emigrants who have fallen on hard times should be rewarded. They are doing tremendous work in finding shelter and support for our emigrants. It is about time we had an awards system to reward them.