Mr. Tom Hayes:

They would be from small companies. Sometimes, the most successful companies who are exporting can be very small companies. We are dealing with companies that employ six, seven or eight people who outsource and possibly subcontract part of their work. We provide mentors and have close to 300 in Ireland, many of whom have international experience. These will help, challenge and guide the companies and provide them with the necessary support. They provide a very important part of it.

In respect of the Deputy's point about clustering and working together, we have something in the region of 30 applications this week under a clustering programme, which again goes back to what the Deputy was talking about in terms of helping companies work together where they will be able to join forces and learn from each other. Hopefully, there will be an announcement with respect to that programme over the next few weeks in terms of the applicants who have been successful.