Ms Julie Sinnamon:

It is a work in progress. We now have baseline data, both from the client survey and from all of the LEOs.

It allows us to be much more targeted in what we do through the centre of excellence in terms of trying to ensure a higher level of consistency between the LEOs. If there are specific issues, however, it is often easy to deal with specifics because there may be something behind them. We would be delighted to deal with that subsequently.

I would be interested in talking separately about the technical leadership gaps in the area of food but we have done a great deal of work with food companies - both in the leadership for growth area and innovation for growth - and we have a programme with UCC in respect of middle management within food companies. If something is falling between stools, a portal is a good idea and that could be progressed. We are putting in place programmes such as Food Works to try to encourage start-ups in food. These involved Bord Bia, Teagasc and ourselves all working together. It is an integrated programmes in terms of all the agencies.