Speeches by Robinson.

“Simon, I do not know whether you heard the question. We may have lost you slightly. I hope you were able to pick up the question. This is more about the recognition of need within your sector from Whitehall and central Government, and how central Government are assisting in collaboration with you or bringing forward pr…”

“It does not get the recognition it deserves. Shane, what about you?”

“Was Northern Ireland Screen involved with “Grace and Goliath”?”

“Did you get any feedback, follow-up or engagement from officials, or was it just, “Nice to see you, Richard. That was very interesting”?”

“This is about economic growth, so it should be positive, but it does not feel that way at the minute. Richard, you provoked me because you said earlier that it is great to see creative industries in the industrial strategy, but all that has been achieved positively over the last number of years has nothing to do with b…”

“So far people have heard but may not have listened.”

“Finally, do you feel that the Department for the Economy has understood that gap and the benefits that would be attained if it was to close it?”

“You could form part of somebody’s work in England that is funded through Catapult, for example, and work with them, but you could not benefit from the resource they get. Is that right?”

“From our perspective, we need to hear what you think would be useful. Through this report, do you believe there is a need for considered work?”

“Do you see what you are benefiting from at the moment through the Belfast region city deal as being comparable to that seed funding to encourage collaboration, or is it completely different?”

“Thank you again, both. Sam, that was a very useful exposé of Seagate. I met them for an hour, and their hard drive is a very fancy floppy disk, but you have done them great justice because it is much more technologically advanced than I can understand. Both of you have touched on the appropriateness or the benefit of s…”

“Isn’t that great?”

“Yes, and the material impact it would have on climate change.”

“You are interested agritech. One thing that has been focused on recently is the Bovaer-type supplement that goes into feed for cattle. I am a layman, but it seems to me that it is a flatulence suppressant. It seems to stop the methane production coming from the cows. How do you measure the benefit of that?”

“It is good to see you both. Thank you for having us at AMIC before your opening, when it was still a bit of a shell, but we could see the scale and impact of it. That was a good visit for us as a Committee. Mr Morrison, you have, fairly, talked about some of the barriers. This session is about economic growth. Within t…”

“Simon, I do not know whether you heard the question. We may have lost you slightly. I hope you were able to pick up the question. This is more about the recognition of need within your sector from Whitehall and central Government, and how central Government are assisting in collaboration with you or bringing forward pr…”

“It does not get the recognition it deserves. Shane, what about you?”

“Was Northern Ireland Screen involved with “Grace and Goliath”?”

“Did you get any feedback, follow-up or engagement from officials, or was it just, “Nice to see you, Richard. That was very interesting”?”

“This is about economic growth, so it should be positive, but it does not feel that way at the minute. Richard, you provoked me because you said earlier that it is great to see creative industries in the industrial strategy, but all that has been achieved positively over the last number of years has nothing to do with b…”