Ms Jean Carberry:

We are part of the D9 group of advanced digital member states. Ireland chaired it in the first six months of this year. We are to hand that responsibility over to Denmark next week, I think. We meet once every six months. There are now 13 countries in the D9 but we retained the name. It is called the D9+. We meet every six months and exchange information on best practice. We get ideas from them and give them ideas about how best to maintain our digital leadership position. The Commission also attends those meetings. It is a chance for us to influence Commission thinking on digital regulation and things like the digital decade. On unicorns, I used to own the access to finance responsibility. Funding unicorns was one thing I was responsible for. Ireland is strong in that area. Sweden, France and Germany are probably ahead of us. Fifth is extremely good considering how small we are. It is a testament to what a good system we have in investing in startups and nurturing them.