Ms Martina Fitzgerald:

Deputy Bruton made reference to those companies that are not the Stripes of this world. I will give an example of such a company. It might not gain a lot of venture capital funding but it is making an important contribution to society. The company is called Gabadoo. Based in Limerick, it is an early-stage start-up which attended our regional start-up summit in Galway. Through its technology, the company links clinical therapists to parents. What it is doing in its community and across the country is really valuable. It may not ever knock on ISIF's door or get funding through venture capital but it will get funding through other means, perhaps State agencies. It is providing a very important service to the communities and parents it works with. It is a socially impactful enterprise. Sometimes we think only of enterprise solutions but there are many entrepreneurs who are also working in that space and their decision to offer solutions to help people in different ways is also important.