Mr. Eoin Costello:

I remember the presentation made by Mr. Sean O'Sullivan's Entrepreneurship Forum report and that the Deputy made some relevant comments on the challenges we face. Echoing what Sean said, our goal at Startup Ireland is to keep raising these issues and running annual surveys of start-ups at each stage of the pipeline. At each stage, there are different issues and challenges and we will provide a co-ordinated voice through a survey of establishing the reality on it. In respect of Tel Aviv, perhaps the Deputy will share some of her contacts. A number of staff from the DIT tech transfer office and incubation centre are joining a fact-finding delegation to Tel Aviv in September.