Ms Margaret Hearty:

Currently InterTradeIreland is funded one third by the Northern Ireland Executive. As the cross-Border trade body, our raison d'êtreevery day is to promote cross-Border trade and economic development. This aligns very much with the Department for the Economy in Northern Ireland, and its 10X Economy strategy to grow exports and innovation and the policies to support cross-Border trade development. We all help to bolster organisations like ourselves and trade. We enjoy good continued support from the Department for the Economy in Northern Ireland. Northern Ireland firms, as supported by the statistics, are achieving a significant increase in cross-Border trade. We see the opportunity for that continuing as we go further.