Mr. Aidan O'Kane:

I thank the Deputy for her questions. There are two perspectives the business community in Northern Ireland deals with - directly with the Executive and for whatever other aspects in terms of communications directly with the British Government. First and foremost, the quality of communications with the Executive and access to our elected representatives and Ministers is relatively easy. It is good, direct and accessible from the Northern Ireland Executive perspective. As a larger business, in the all-state context, we have doors opened a lot more freely than perhaps some of the smaller businesses. We are not hearing any challenges. This is where the chamber plays a fabulous role in representing small, medium and large businesses in regard to access to government. With regard to access to the British Government and the communications there, I agree that accessibility is just not there to the degree that we would hope for and seek. I believe there are other priorities, as it were, with regard to what is going on either in England, Scotland or Wales rather than what is happening in Northern Ireland. That is our view.