Mr. Eoghan Duffy:

On the point about deprivation and its significance, it has been a theme and a focus from the Taoiseach from the start that there is a need and scope to do more on that. That requires deep co-operation. We have started commissioning work to scope out and provide an evidence base for that discussion and that work. NESC will be publishing a report in the coming weeks on poverty and the approaches to tackling poverty in the two jurisdictions. There is a focus on educational underachievement both in the SCoTENS work that will start in the coming weeks and also from the ESRI, which is looking at educational outcomes, the way the two education systems North and South work and what differences there are in terms of educational outcomes, including for disadvantaged groups. We have started the work at that level and, hopefully, that will provide an evidence base and an impetus for deeper work on a cross-Border basis in those areas.