I remember the 1980s, when every company would have had the cash flows of the retail trade. There were instances when I sat with workers whose companies were in receivership or liquidation. They and their families looked forward to a very pessimistic future. There were occasions when we lobbied the Government, which was not Fianna Fáil, to see if funds might be made available from the passport for investment scheme to try to give the firms a breathing space and perhaps rescue some or all of the jobs involved. We did not make any apologies, nor would any of the workers have done so at the time, for doing so. I will not be critical today of the benefits and operations that flowed from the concept behind the scheme.