Mr. Leo Clancy:

We have close relationships with local authorities. We are involved in the Housing for All project in respect of a couple of core actions. We have actions around improving innovation and productivity of house builder and construction firms in order to see more housing come on stream. That is a domestic lens on what we normally do with companies that are exporting. We are working hard on that.

There are significant challenges for our clients in terms of their employees being able to find housing, attracting new employees into all regions of Ireland at this stage and the availability of rental and accommodation to purchase. We are doing a huge amount in the regions as well. We have regional staff in quite a number of offices all around the country, from Donegal to Cork and everywhere in between. Those teams on the ground do three different things: they work with companies locally to create jobs; they work with local authorities and other actors to make sure that conditions are improved as far as we possibly can on behalf of our companies in the regions; and we invest heavily in regional infrastructure. Through the regional enterprise development fund, we have made huge commitments there.