Patrick O'Donovan (Limerick, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

It is a pity the previous Deputy did not do so. The point I am making is that there is a port in the west of Ireland that has tier 1 status. I refer to the Shannon Foynes Port Company. The former Minister and current Deputy from Galway might have a difficulty with compass bearings, but I can tell him that the Shannon Estuary flows into the Atlantic Ocean. The last time I checked, the Atlantic Ocean was the western seaboard of Ireland. When the joint committee previously discussed this matter with representatives of a number of port companies, it became very clear and very apparent-----