As I have said on many occasions, for Ireland to take a leadership position in commerce is more than a matter of attracting a few key foreign firms to invest in this country. It is more than a matter of giving those firms the communications infrastructure that allows them to do e-business from here – vital though those facilities are. Taking a leadership position in this new world means, above all, making the information age a reality for everybody in Ireland. We must make it an integral part of our culture, make it part of how we do things, part of how we do business, part of how we talk to each other and part also of how we govern ourselves as a community. I do not have the feeling we yet realise that in order for the country to gain the full benefits of the information age, we must bring the new technology to everyone. We must become a wired country, literally as well as metaphorically.