Professor Brian MacCraith:

My knowledge is that the pharmaceutical companies here have benefited from the fact that the global network of the pharmaceutical companies, the headquarters of which the Deputy will be aware would be in other countries, have taken on extra activity here to allow those companies in other locations to upscale and focus on their activities. IDA Ireland is in regular daily contact with these companies to explore opportunities as they might arise. I cannot say any further than that in regard to IDA Ireland, but I did raise the question.