Mr. Alasdair McDonnell MP:

I welcome the delegates. I am glad to be here. Before I ask a few questions, I want to say that I am big supporter of InterTradeIreland. I sometimes hear criticisms of the body, however, or have questions about it thrown at me. It seems from what Mr. Hunter McGowan has said that he believes things are working. When does he think the body will have reached its limit and fulfilled its mission? People sometimes say to me that InterTradeIreland is just doing what other groups should be doing in the North or in the South. In that context, can we get things working better? I believe some of the criticisms of those who are asking questions about InterTradeIreland are unfair. Some people say that the things it does would happen spontaneously anyway. I am inviting Mr. Hunter McGowan to flesh out the specifics a little more for those of us who support InterTradeIreland and are keen to better make the case for its work.