Tom McEnany

What else were they telling us?

And also struggling.

It's the one I try to get my head around all the time, Mairead, is that if you do invest in AI, by the time you've sorted out that investment, AI will have moved on in a matter of a month or two, that your investment could be obsolete.

And the thing, you were specifically looking at family businesses.

For those family businesses, presumably they were looking at keeping it in the family.

I would imagine that a lot of business owners or family... Tell me if I'm wrong, but a lot of family business owners would be...

happy enough to just sell up and put the money into an investment for their children?

Because a lot of... they're looking at the next generation coming along and they just may not have the interest.

Now, one of the things that struck me from the survey, Mairead, was that while Irish businesses are growth orientated and more growth orientated than their peers, they're also more cautious.

That's true.

But in spite of that caution, in spite of that uncertainty, Irish family businesses are still growing.

Mairead Harbourn from PwC, thanks for joining us this morning.

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Now, artificial intelligence is increasingly changing the way work is delivered in the professional services sector, as well as the expectations of clients.

But does it pose an existential threat to the consultancy sector, at least in its current form?

Joining me now to answer this question is Harry Goddard, CEO of Deloitte in Ireland.

Good morning, Harry.

Morning, Tom.

How are you?