Mr. Pat Doherty:

I thank the witnesses for their presentation. I am very familiar with the A5 and all the various twists and turns from the court cases, the public inquiry, the inspectors report due in May and the Irish Government's commitment to revisit the finances in 2018, which will be a big part of what Dr. McDonnell spoke about and the other two phases. I have three questions, one for Mr. Neely and Mr. Kelpie and two for Mr. Hegarty and Mr. O'Sullivan. I would like more detail on how quickly the link from the A5 south of Strabane to Letterkenny on the N14 can be brought forward. We could end up with a situation where the road goes to Derry but does not have a link to Letterkenny.

My next two questions are interlinked. We have the preferred route for the N2 south of the Border. What are the obstacles to choosing the specific route? How far away are we from pinning down the link between Ballygawley and what will end up as the specific route on the N2? How much co-operation is there between road services in the North and the equivalent in the South?