Mr. Frank Ryan:

I try to remember our size and that we have a population of 4.6 million. The UK could go into a small decline relative to the size of its economy, yet we would still have many opportunities there. We are growing our exports to the UK at the moment and there is no reason we cannot continue to take market share. Enterprise Ireland supported companies grew their exports last year by 6.3%, whereas world growth was 3%. It is safe to conclude that Irish companies are increasing their market share. We can do that again but it will be the innovative companies that have invested in research and development across their value chain that will be leading those exports.