Mr. Tom Murray:

I agree with Mr. O'Brien about regional disparity and there will be further regional disparity. Evidence has shown that the Border regions have lagged behind other areas of the country already and we think that the Border regions will suffer the most in the event of Brexit, whether there is a deal or not. Our hinterland for business is cross-Border and we already live in areas of poor social and economic infrastructure. I ask that the Border enterprise development fund be used to reinvest in technological advances in the Border regions to promote them and to try to prevent some of that regional disparity. We have institutes of technology in Monaghan, Dundalk and Letterkenny, which are all ready and able for upskilling and to work with industry, but we need to see some strategic investment in the Border areas to help to promote that.