Ms Catherine McGuinness:

Yes, it is, in many ways. A young teenage lad living in a direct provision hostel in Clifden in County Galway said to me, rather sadly, "Well, it's really rather dull in Clifden during the winter."

I know and love Clifden and it is a beautiful place. However, to live in an institutional hostel in Clifden with no money all through the winter would be pretty boring.