Mr. Peter Hynes:

I will start on that if it is okay. The Deputy's point is really important. The GI designation is not a panacea. It does not guarantee success simply because of registration, even if it is not opposed and there are not complications, and there will always be some complications. It is a stepping stone to the national level in the first instance, although the three areas we have talked about are pretty well recognised nationally, and then to international recognition of the excellence of an area for producing a particular range of products or related products. That is where the role of the DCCI comes into the mix on this. We have been in preliminary discussions with the Department, though I would not want to overblow what has been discussed or the stage it is at, and with Enterprise Ireland. There is an emerging recognition that there will be a need for the registration to be a first step in a process of development to create - and to the point on Murano glass - an ecosystem that allows the growth and continued development of the heritage skills in the area and makes a commercially viable collection of smaller producers who benefit from the effort of the registration. That is a longer term process and extends long beyond the registration process.