Mary White (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

The delegates are most welcome, especially because they work on the periphery of the country. I am very impressed by their creative vision, with which I was not familiar. It reminds me of the Kilkenny Design Centre. When it started, it was very sophisticated and there was a Nordic influence on the artists involved. The problem is that the products are not expensive enough for a real business to add value to their basic material. The delegates are pioneers. Do they interact with the local enterprise boards, LEOs? I know from experience that creativity and innovation go nowhere if they do not have that business ability. The LEOs want to develop businesses, for which creativity is critical. It takes innovation to develop a product that is different.