Mr. Aidan Gough:

That is what I was going to say. For some time we have seen this as an area where there could be much closer co-operation. However, we have found that the structure in Northern Ireland and the priority given to drawing down these funds was not the same as the State here made for FP7 where it created the national contact point with more than 30 people working in various sectors supporting businesses and researchers to make applications. In Northern Ireland that level of structure was not in place. However, since we set up the all-island steering group and through the action of the Ministers, a structure has been set up in Northern Ireland to support and target increased drawdown. They have appointed their own network of contact points. They are all working together. The national contact points, or the European advisers in Ireland, are working very closely with the Northern Ireland ones. A real degree of co-operation is taking place, and that is why we are confident we can increase the level of North-South drawdown. In Northern Ireland there are only two universities. In Ireland there are not only the universities but also the institutes of technology, so there is a much greater research community.