Mr. Jim Power:

Local stakeholders need to be on board as well. The local authority is very important. The role of State agencies like Fáilte Ireland, the IDA and Enterprise Ireland are incredibly important, as is investment in education in a region. Any regional city that has a fully fledged university benefits. The whole ecosystem to have more balanced regional economic development is essential. We have not always had that ecosystem in this country. We have not had it full stop, to be honest.