Mr. Oisín Geoghegan:

In the local enterprise offices, we are very keen to ensure that our micro businesses in particular are aware of the necessity for them to become more sustainable. It is not only good for them and their profit margins, particularly in the light of increased energy costs, it also involves how this movement is shifting. We believe that in the future, the businesses that are not sustainable and are not demonstrating that they are serious about their carbon footprint will be probably be pariahs in our society. Much of the work of the local enterprise offices involves getting businesses on board in all of this. That has been particularly difficult over the past two years because businesses have had to deal with a crisis. Mr. McElwee mentioned the Green for Micro programme earlier, which has thrown up a lot of really interesting cases of businesses that have begun to understand the necessity of looking at how they are using their resources and ensuring there is resource efficiency there. A lot of programmes relating to the circular economy are in their infancy. Tor example, the MODOS programme in Dublin has been doing very good work and is an excellent model the local enterprise offices are working within the local authorities to achieve.