Mr. Neil McDonnell:

It is not a sector we have a huge amount of exposure to. We believe it is a sector we should have increased exposure to. Enterprise Ireland is trying to do something in that area. We mentioned in a number of pre-budget submissions that the lack of a national security clearance system is interfering with our ability to do that. We have not had an educated debate on this topic in Ireland.

I was at a plain HR conference last week in Brussels where we talked about such things as wage adequacy and union representation. We spent three hours at that kind of stuff, God help us, and the lady from Stockholm stood up at 4.30 p.m. and thanked the chair for finishing on time. She was wearing combat fatigues and was going on exercise until Monday morning. These are the realities that are not being discussed in Ireland at all. The security environment has changed in Europe and we need to be having an educated discussion about that.