Tourism Ireland Limited has a staff of 150. Its head office is located in Dublin and it has a regional office in Coleraine. In addition, it has offices in major overseas markets, such as Britain, France, Germany and the United States. It has a board which is mainly drawn from its founding agencies, Bord Fáilte and the NITB, and the tourism industry, North and South. It was an enormous challenge to launch a new international tourism marketing agency just three months after 11 September, but having observed the new company in action in the six months since my appointment as Minister, I can say it has done a remarkable job in meeting this challenge.