Mr. Michael McCarthy:

We have 41 performance indicators and in recent times have added the area of climate to that. It is an important topic which rightly dominates discourse around national governments and is now a significant issue for local authorities. The performance indicators touch on a multitude of issues from waste collection to libraries to roads to transport. There is an array of services reflected in the performance indicators. From our perspective, there is excitement around the fact we are looking at local government in the context of climate and introducing initiatives such as the local climate offices established by local authorities. There is a fuller national concentration on issues like that, which is broadening the ambit at local authority level. That is not to say an issue will not present itself that we cannot predict now but would be happy to take on in the future.