Ms Anna Marie Delaney:

In terms of employment numbers, some of the statistics we have from the Central Statistics Office, CSO, show that between 2015 and 2019, the only reductions recorded in employment in the midlands region are in the sectors of public administration and human health and social work. All of the other sectors recorded growth in that period, according to the statistics. I know that growth in the midlands has been hard earned. We will try to maintain and grow that further.