Mr. Oliver Cussen:

Unfortunately that issue is outside of the remit of the Grangegorman agency and is a policy issue for the Department. While I appreciate the point being made, it would be futile for me to comment on it further. However, I appreciate and understand the point being made. Certainly, the VECs would have made a similar point in the early 1990s, that they were losing the sense of locality to colleges which were somewhat more aggregated.