Ms Émer Deane:

I thank the Deputy. Making the island more prosperous is absolutely one of our headline objectives. It is not just about being connected and sustainable but also more prosperous. Obviously, we are seeing a huge uptick in cross-Border trade in all the areas referred to by the Deputy. From the shared island perspective, we have had quite a bit of involvement in tourism projects. I mentioned the projects agreed by the Government in February 2025 in those three Border regions of Cuilcagh, Sliabh Beagh and Carlingford Lough. Those are under development now between the tourism agencies and the local authorities. We would expect those to go live by next year and that we would begin to see some of the programming and development of the amenities under way. It is exciting. It builds on a project we did before in the tourism space in the north west connecting the Wild Atlantic Way to the Causeway Coastal Route to try to get visitor numbers up, get longer stays and have signage to connect those tourists who come with other areas. Derry is obviously a meeting point between those two things. This programme is now rolling out. It is also giving money to small businesses to develop their offerings to the tourism industry. We are looking forward to the tourism agencies coming forward with something of the same scale and impact for the Border region now through the new programmes.