Mr. Simon McKeever:

Absolutely. I am very much on the record in respect of this matter. I feel it in my heart. In a previous existence, I worked for the British versions of Enterprise Ireland and IDA Ireland, so I am experienced in working in both of those kinds of organisations. There are many threats coming to the Irish economic model. When we look at sustainability and at Ireland as a base for manufacturing going forward, we can see what the future holds in the context of to getting stuff on and off the island, particularly as Ireland is more expensive than any country in Europe. The ability of the transport sector to meet its 2030 goals will be a problem..Where will that leave us, as a nation? We really need to up our game in all of this.

Mr. Talbot made a point about organisations like ours. There is definitely a move to bring us into the fold in terms of being able to deliver services to these companies. An organisation like ours is able to identify what is a critical problem. In 2015 or 2016, with Brexit coming down the road, we had a whole set of training courses ready for Brexit in 2017. There is still huge demand for those. We are very close to the coalface in terms of being able to identify problems or identify solutions that will help companies in a very practical way. There is a move to bring us in further and we can add to that picture quite significantly.