Mr. Barry O'Leary:

If I recall, my particular comment was that there are many examples of where we have brought companies on a tour of Ireland and made them substantial financial offers based on the regional aid guidelines to locate in certain areas but they declined, stating they will invest in Ireland but will not avail of any grant aid. A company locating in Dublin or Cork does not receive the traditional type of grant aid. Even if a few million euro for a couple of hundred jobs are involved it is not enough to sway companies to make a decision to go to-----