Mr. J.P. Mulherin:

To come back on that point, the committee might be aware that we are already doing that. Eight different areas within the competition are directly linked to the sustainable development goals that are there. More broadly, to try to build that understanding there is a monthly newsletter that goes to each of the 1,000 or so Tidy Towns groups. In nearly every one of those newsletters each month there are examples of work that has been done throughout different communities demonstrating how that work is directly linking back to the sustainable development goals. I agree with the Chair and we have had discussions ourselves internally. The Tidy Towns brand is so well known but it really is a sustainability competition. The work that communities are doing in villages and towns throughout the country is amazing.

I take the Chair's point. It is something we are very conscious of and it something we continue to build on. We will try and explore it as much as we can to further build it into the competition.