Finally Northern Ireland shows that there has been decline in output over the preceding four months and the only region t t to say that erm  it's fair to say that North Northern Ireland has been a weak region throughout er the recession erm and although in this survey optimism has climbed up a bit so it's close to the U K average, it's nevertheless a part of the U K which has really been behaving er rather differently from the rest of the economy  reflecting its sort of,i its particular problems and the fact that it's not part of the mainland economy.