Tony McCormack (Offaly, Fianna Fail)

I thank the witnesses for their opening statements. I appreciate them. It is the day after the budget. The witnesses had their asks in a lot of cases. My questions would be on competitiveness and where the witnesses think we could go as a country. We all realise that the minimum wage has been increased. We all want to see workers getting paid more money and all the rest but at the same time, we have to be attractive to industry that we want to bring into the country. Where do the witnesses see us cutting back to make ourselves more competitive? As a nation we have become less competitive over the last number of years.