Kevin Humphreys (Labour) | Oireachtas source

I have listened to the contributions of many Senators and also spoken to Deputy Brendan Ryan about the matter. What hits me in the debate on the amendments is the utter and total breakdown in trust in the local community which extends further than St. Margaret's. People from Baldoyle and Portmarnock have also contacted my office. There is something rotten about this. I live in the city centre where there have been major infrastructural undertakings. Often when there is a sense of fear, there is a breakdown of trust and less willingness to have give and take. We should not just make economic arguments. The economic arguments were made about tobacco smoking and the Public Health (Alcohol) Bill. Members spoke about the effects of job losses and what would happen to communities when they lost jobs.