David Cullinane (Sinn Fein)
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I can quote an anecdotal story that supports the second point about engaging with local authorities. I do not know if Mr. Coughlan is familiar with the Dunhill Ecopark in County Waterford, which does much good work. Initially it found it difficult to get support. Now that it is successful, the local authority is asking what support it can give. We should look to those centres and projects that have been successful. We can then sell that to local authorities because some of them do not see the logic. They are dealing with so much - they are only getting their heads around the LEOs and they will become more involved in economic management and local economic development. We need to be in there very early stages stressing the importance of the social economy. It would obviously be of benefit to have the success stories to sell to local authorities.