Dr. Andrew Condon:

I would not like to speculate about the next multiannual financial framework because it is under negotiation and is at a very early stage of negotiation. What we have always advocated for is a degree of flexibility in cohesion policy, so that where other member states may choose to spend on priorities such as defence, Ireland would spend on our priorities of addressing deprivation, infrastructure, science, research and green energy. That has always been our policy approach. That flexibility allows us to do things with cohesion money that might be different from other member states. We hope that will continue.