Mr. Martin Shanahan:

No one in this committee should have any doubt but that this is what IDA Ireland is trying to do. It would make my life a great deal easier if I could achieve a regional spread, but I do not have a magic wand. Our ambition every day of the week is to do that. We have strengthened our regional teams. Since I arrived in IDA Ireland we have appointed regional managers for every region. We are working with the local authorities. We are working in the context of the regional Action Plan for Jobs, which is about helping to develop the regions and the offerings there as well as identifying the clusters we can go after. As a result, when my team and I are abroad we have a narrative around each of the regions and we have something to sell.