Mr. Dominic Doheny:

In policy terms, the last time out infrastructure did not follow the NSS. This time it has to follow it. The Deputy mentioned the cities. The NPF will make a decision on where the regional growth areas are going to be. One cannot have regional growth areas without the requisite infrastructure programme. That makes absolute sense or else the NPF should follow the infrastructure programme. We believe it should be the other way around. We are launching our national regional policy document next Tuesday. It sets out, very clearly, the importance of regional growth. We support the strength of Dublin, which is a huge asset for the country, but it should be complemented as opposed to competed against. It is about trying to find the secret behind that. One cannot do it if one does not have the proper infrastructure spend to support the other counter cities to Dublin, as a region.