Mr. Kieran Mulvey:

Yes, there is. It is not so much a lead local authority, but the lead will be the office in Tullamore. Offaly County Council has offered to do that and Ms Sarah Morgan has been leading the regional team there. All the regional CEOs sit on that body, as well as local and national politicians. I am not going to replace something that already works. I want to work with something that is clearly active on the ground and has the requisite support, knowledge, experience and contacts. I will be also keen to meet each of the local authority CEOs and chairmen to get their points of view. Some of them are slightly concerned that they might get lost in the definition of the "midlands".