Ms Pamela Arthurs:

That is the situation now. It is probably at the point where it started 20 years ago where the chief executive and council level worked together. It is important that they do that. We have been facilitating that since the referendum. It is difficult to get a date that suits 11 chief executives in order to get them around the table but they have been doing that. I think that they will agree the approach and if they decide there are three groups, then we will develop that for them. There is a need to work in a cross-Border manner and the current structure is cross-Border groups. I do not anticipate that they will propose a new structure; there are already enough structures there, but it is about making the best use of them. In the East Border Region, we have continually adapted to whatever the need is and will continue to do so. It is best that it is currently led by the top level in the 11 local authorities. That is the message that the Governments here and in Northern Ireland have been given.