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Wales-Ireland relations: Evidence session with cultural and heritage bodies
Thank you. I appreciate that.
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Wales-Ireland relations: Evidence session with cultural and heritage bodies
Okay.
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Wales-Ireland relations: Evidence session with cultural and heritage bodies
And the same question as I asked Eluned: do you agree targets with Welsh Government beforehand?
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Wales-Ireland relations: Evidence session with cultural and heritage bodies
And you report back—
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Wales-Ireland relations: Evidence session with cultural and heritage bodies
So, how do you develop those targets? Do you agree these with the Welsh Government?
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Wales-Ireland relations: Evidence session with cultural and heritage bodies
So, you have some sort of funding plan from Welsh Government, and I take it that that is subject to targets.
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Wales-Ireland relations: Evidence session with cultural and heritage bodies
Sorry, could I stop you there for a second?
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Wales-Ireland relations: Evidence session with cultural and heritage bodies
Thank you, and I'm very pleased to hear that. I'm keen to understand how this plan is driving your work, because what you've described in response to Heledd was the work that you have been doing before this plan existed, and, I take it, the work that you're…
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Wales-Ireland relations: Evidence session with cultural and heritage bodies
Okay.
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Wales-Ireland relations: Evidence session with cultural and heritage bodies
And that contributed to the development of this scheme.
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Wales-Ireland relations: Evidence session with cultural and heritage bodies
So, what was your contribution to this plan?
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Wales-Ireland relations: Evidence session with cultural and heritage bodies
So, you have?
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Wales-Ireland relations: Evidence session with cultural and heritage bodies
Thank you. Thank you very much to you. I've been reading the action plan that the Welsh Government has published to follow on from the agreement and the statement that the two Governments have put out. Have your organisations contributed to the development of…
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Wales-Ireland relations: Evidence session with higher education and business representatives
According to the action plan, there is.
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Wales-Ireland relations: Evidence session with higher education and business representatives
Ireland is our fourth largest trading partner, so I'd be surprised if it was dismissed.
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Wales-Ireland relations: Evidence session with higher education and business representatives
Okay. So, I'm not sure I've got many more questions after that.
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Wales-Ireland relations: Evidence session with higher education and business representatives
But in your introduction to the organisation this hasn't been flagged up to you in any way.
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Wales-Ireland relations: Evidence session with higher education and business representatives
Okay, fair enough. But I would anticipate you're part of a family, aren't you?
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Wales-Ireland relations: Evidence session with higher education and business representatives
But you're named. You're one of the few organisations that's actually named in this document as delivering: 'Chambers of Commerce, to support the delivery of trade missions'.
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Wales-Ireland relations: Evidence session with higher education and business representatives
So, I'm interested, then, in: do you have any view on how the collaboration that is described in this document is going to be delivered?
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Wales-Ireland relations: Evidence session with higher education and business representatives
The Welsh Government says in this action plan that it's working with and supporting 'key stakeholders, including trade promotion agencies and Chambers of Commerce, to support the delivery of trade missions, including virtual visits, in key sectors'. You're…
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Wales-Ireland relations: Evidence session with higher education and business representatives
No. Right. That's clear. Oliver, in terms of the business community, you weren't involved with the development of the shared statement and action plan. Are you involved with the delivery of it?
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Wales-Ireland relations: Evidence session with higher education and business representatives
So, I'm trying to find an answer to my question; neither of you are being particularly clear on this. So, the answer, Berwyn, is, 'No, you're not actually involved in delivery.' You've had meetings, you went to a conference last year, but you're not involved…
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Wales-Ireland relations: Evidence session with higher education and business representatives
Right. I'm grateful to you for that. Berwyn.
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Wales-Ireland relations: Evidence session with higher education and business representatives
So, what aspect of Global Wales is delivering on, for example, the collaboration between Welsh and Irish academics?
