Mr. Seán Ó Foghlú:

They do not relate to each other. Given that the then VEC nominated members to the board - I think that is the case, as far as I know, with all of the institutes of technology - there are a number of members of the local VECs who are members of the institutes. There is no longer the same statutory relationship in terms of funding or anything like that. It could assist in the policies in the area, in terms of joining up. At the moment, we are in a process of trying to ensure that there are clusters in place in higher education and if they shared knowledge, it could have a positive aspect.