Ms Maria Walsh:

It is good to see Senator Currie. From the outset, I acknowledge her work since Covid started in ensuring Northern Ireland voices were discussed both in here and next door, and at a European level. We have spoken before about it.

On the point about ALMA, I cannot say for sure whether it is "Yes" or "No", but I am very confident that the extension will be there given the work done on the Erasmus Plus programme by the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science, Deputy Harris. I am more than delighted to work with Senator Currie to make sure it is included, especially in our party and in the EPP.

Mr. Markey is pretty much the biggest champion I know of Grow Remote and Tracy Keogh's work in making sure that the digital footprint is not just seen in bigger cities, but also across the European Union. On that point, the conversation on the future of our tax rate will play into the Senator's last point on pay and where people pay tax. I acknowledge and lean into her experience, and that of others in this House, of Northern Ireland. We have a lot to learn from their rich history and making sure that voices, while they are not included – the point came up several times today - in Europe, but through her as a vessel that we make sure that we keep abreast of the very sensitive nature of the issue. I believe we could have done a little bit better in terms of an all-Ireland approach because a lot of the difficulties our citizens faced, North and South, could have been made easier or their impact reduced if that had been the case.