Mr. Brian Keegan:

I accept that point. Ericsson and SAP made announcements only this morning. Ericsson is Scandanavian, while SAP is German. It is not necessarily all flowing from east to west, but I take the overall point.

Much of the reputational damage has been caused by the media coverage and, to a lesser extent, certain opportunist commentary by people looking after the national interests of their own countries. That is entirely legitimate and acceptable.

On the Deputy's observation about so-called "fixing" the double Irish, these five US Senate sub-committee recommendations, were they to be implemented by the US authorities, would address many of the double Irish structures. As I say, however, one year has passed and nothing has happened.