Dr. Céline McHugh:

I will speak about the membership of the forum. As was said, we have over 40 members. The membership stretches across a variety of business sectors and the scale of companies and includes public sector representatives.

On geography, while the forum is probably not representative across every county, many of the members have businesses in all parts of Ireland such as Musgrave MarketPlace, Lidl and a number of others. As Ms Heaney alluded to, a key focus for the forum is reaching out, particularly to SMEs that are more geographically dispersed. We held two outreach events at which the forum met in counties Clare and Cavan. We have another outreach event planned in the new year. It is one of the things we are seeking to do because we need to influence most smaller businesses and sectors that might not be engaged.