Donie Cassidy (Fianna Fail)

The higher VAT rate here is a disadvantage but, as I have heard people say, people must take account of the time it takes to travel to the North and the cost of getting there. In the interests of everybody, we all hope that people, whether they shop North or South, will buy Irish. That is what I encourage them to do. At this Christmas time we all want to keep jobs at home on the island of Ireland, North or South. We have been looking forward to the day that the North and South would prosper and together our people would achieve their goals and see a future generation with a better standard of living and better opportunities than the current or previous one.