Robert Dowds (Dublin Mid West, Labour) | Oireachtas source

Can Mr. Cooney say something about the work between the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade and the Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation in the promotion of foreign trade? When the Secretary General was here in April 2012, I was not a member of the committee. He mentioned at that meeting an intention to examine co-operation across a range of agencies, including the IDA and Enterprise Ireland, under an initiative called "Houses of Ireland". Has there been progress on that and what is its status? It seems to have been a good idea for trying to promote Ireland. We could get a bigger bang from our buck if we could combine our efforts from different sectors.