Dr. Orlaigh Quinn:

On regional employment, there has been an increase in employment of 12% from 2015 to 2018, some 61% of which has been in counties outside Dublin. We have a target that we should be within 1% of the national average outside Dublin, which all the regions of Ireland have achieved with the exception of one, namely, the midlands. In the Senator's area, the west, it is 6.7%, while the figure for the State is 6%. We are conscious that employment is growing across the country and in all areas, although the Border is still a difficulty for us.