Ms Karen Kenny:

In that context, I will mention that in addition to the pro rata growth for those cities, in the revised NPF, there is a focus on or a signalling of the need to consider improved institutional and governance arrangements for the cities. This is so the strategic moves that are needed to meet the ambitious growth targets that were set originally, and we are moving towards over the period of the NPF, can be achieved and there is better co-ordination. That is one of our key learnings from the initial six years of implementation. We have watched the cities grow and seen the progress we have made, but we have also seen where opportunities are not being taken up. We had the OECD do some research on that last year, which very much pointed to the value of improving institutional and governance arrangements to have a more co-ordinated approach at that regional city level so the ambitions set under the strategy can be achieved.