Ms Aingeal O?Donoghue:

It is interesting that, if I remember correctly, the north west now does quite a bit of shared marketing, including through inward investment trips to the United States and so on. The question of joining up Enterprise Ireland, IDA Ireland and Invest Northern Ireland has come up again and again over a long period. IDA Ireland says that the investment proposition is somewhat different on opposite sides of the Border. However, we are looking at certain propositions around innovation and research.

Outward marketing is more complicated. When I started in this role over two and a half years ago, we met with Derry and Strabane District Council, or perhaps it was Donegal County Council, and someone said that a job in Derry is as good as a job in Donegal or vice versa. That is a remarkable thing to say. Joined-up planning for the region, which the two councils are doing very well, is very important. I take the Cathaoirleach's point about inward investment.