Mr. Leo Clancy:

I thank the Senator. We look forward to meeting her. It is a pleasure. She should keep pushing us. That is what we are here for so she should not worry about that. I agree with her about digitalising equipment. Sometimes a capital upgrade is what is required. Last year we launched the capital investment scheme in food, where we approved more than €70 million worth of grant aid for refreshing capital equipment. Many of those projects included upgrading the sustainability of the products and services being offered. It was a multipronged approach. In many of those plants, those were some of the first investments in quite some time. It was certainly a huge support to the food industry in being able to do things to make it more sustainable, more productive and more future-ready. Critically, it will give it an edge in export markets. That scheme has been awarded and is under way. It is certainly helping.

On a day-to-day basis, we have a capital investment incentive scheme that is availed of by companies to upgrade equipment. We roll that out keenly. We usually do so in conjunction with the lean products I mentioned earlier. We want to make sure that if people are using valuable capital, not to mention the State's contribution, it is done in the right way and is as optimal as possible. That is something we do.

Again, I agree with the Senator about the branding of Irish food. I met a food producer in the last couple of weeks who is in exactly this space. They said that the supermarkets were some of their favourite clients because they clearly brand the food with the IE markings and so on. This is very important. It is more a matter for Bord Bia and its branding and brand guidelines, which are quite strong. It does a lot of work on this and has run advertising campaigns around consumer awareness. It is continuing to drive that. We send the message to our clients that everyone has a part to play in making sure people understand what excellent Irish food is. The opportunities for organic and artisan Irish food are huge. We can achieve an awful lot and we are supporting small artisan producers all the time. Many of those producers were in trouble during the Covid period and many of the recipients of our sustaining enterprise funding were those artisan producers and people who were producing high-quality products for the Irish and overseas markets. We are glad to have been able to support them.

On digital hubs and remote working hubs, the trend is firmly towards towns.

The mood definitely reflects that. I recently gave a video interview from Ludgate Hub in Skibbereen, in the heart of the town. We see many other good examples of that around the country. Being able to walk to the hub from where you are staying when you spend a day in west Cork and being part of the community are important. That is a growing trend. We talked in a similar vein to Senator Crowe about PorterShed in Galway. That is certainly the direction of travel. I thank Senator Garvey for the questions. I do not know whether Mr. McElwee would like to add anything.