Gerald Nash (Louth, Labour) | Oireachtas source

Senator Gilroy referred to the local enterprise offices as being part of the ecosystem for supporting small and medium-sized enterprises. I think they will be a critical piece of the infrastructure. Now that they are aligned with the local authorities, the really important thing is for them to infuse those authorities with an enterprise culture. As Senator White will be aware, my constituency of Louth is lucky enough to have had a really strong enterprise culture for a long time now. We decided approximately ten years ago to do it ourselves. The local authorities and the local enterprise offices are coming together as part of a really strong initiative to try to create-----