Richard Bruton (Dublin Bay North, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

They bring the ports, Enterprise Ireland, the IDAs, the councils and the education interests to the table. If they sign off on a sectoral opportunity being the priority to be developed for the next four years or ten years, suddenly everyone will be pushing in the same direction. The councils are great. They have a strategic role in planning, in environmental control and so on. However, these are bigger forums. They are certainly worth the witnesses’ while.