Mr. Colin McGrath:

I thank Deputy Calleary. It is good to see him. Looking at it from a slightly different angle, if things are going well and there are good opportunities, people will not say much because they are getting on with doing what they have to do.

I read that from the fact that businesses are not breaking my door down to tell me there are a huge number of problems. That is why I am perceiving, and find very surprising, that only unionist politicians are having their doors knocked down and told there are huge amounts of problems. With a healthy amount of scepticism, I wonder if there are lots of issues out there. I am not naive about the fact that there are issues and problems. This is about being able to address those issues, however It would be very useful for businesses to come together to highlight the positives. When one exudes business positives it actually attracts other businesses and one grows. People say that good things are happening and that is the place to go. If one highlights the available opportunities, people will tap into support and invest in those areas.

In fairness, Arlene Foster highlighted and suggested that. She was quick enough to see that there were opportunities. It obviously did not fit with the mantra that some within the party wanted to put forward because I believe it was ultimately was one of the reasons she ended up losing her job. It is a sad reflection that whenever somebody can see a positive, which will provide opportunities and growth within the North and help us to develop our business sector, that person gets shot down within the party, which says "No" and focuses on the negative. That can move into a very dangerous place.

There are also some mechanisms within the trade agreement to allow various bodies to come together. I just hope that it is not so complicated and there are so many forums that those voices are lost because we need to be able to articulate the positive nature.

Something we could certainly take from that would be to perhaps look at bringing some of those business voices into our committee for them to be able to say whether opportunities are available. And we will certainly do that. Again, we can put forward the idea of inviting Commissioner Šefovi to meet with the committee. I know Deputy Richmond at a previous meeting asked him if he would be prepared to meet with us. I believe the answer the Deputy may have received was just another from that day which was not very fleshed out . We can certainly ask, however, because again, having somebody there who can hear the concerns and issues, and can actually do something about it, is much better than waving a placard outside a harbour. I would definitely agree with that.

I will pass over to Ms Sheerin if she wishes to add anything.