Mr. John Whelan:

On Deputy Byrne's question on education, Dr. Liming Wang of the Confucius Institute for Ireland is excellent and we have done a number of programmes with him. His programme for education in secondary schools is one we have been pushing for a long time, because Mandarin has not been taught in Ireland or many other countries. The US was well ahead of us in terms of making progress in this regard. The value of our programme depends on the sector one is in and one's interest in particular areas. For example, we are running a Smurfit College graduate programme for companies focused on Asia. The graduates are placed on specific projects associated with marketing strategy into Asia and they work with the companies and a mentor from the company and from the college. Over their full 12 months they produce a full business plan. How well this programme works depends on the college and its interest. This particular programme is going very well. We will repeat it with the Smurfit College and have just signed up with NUIG to run a similar style programme for non-Asian countries. The universities are very proactive and want to see more cross links between what they do and the needs of industry, particularly in the international sphere. We are happy to work with all of them.