Ms Mary Rose Burke:

I thank the Deputy for the recognition of the importance of the chamber movement. It is nice to know it is not invisible. Our organisation employs 25 people, but all of our committees and boards are chaired and populated by volunteer businesses that give of their time to share their expertise with one another and with us to inform these debates. It is useful that we have a vibrant chamber network that is recognised and has access.

The Deputy mentioned costs. What he said is exactly what we are hearing. There are the costs of doing business and the challenges of infrastructure, but there is also the indomitable spirit of business to keep moving forward and deal with those issues. Our ask of the political system, including the Government, is to get out of the way and deliver what business needs in terms of infrastructure, and business will then drive growth.