Mr. Simon McKeever:

We have included our comments on Knock Airport in our submission. We had an event in Knock Airport two weeks ago. It is quite an impressive airport, which is very much needed in the west. Road access to the west is of critical importance, particularly for companies that want to ship goods. At present they must transport goods to Dublin Port, so the road from Castlebar to Mullingar desperately needs to be upgraded. We have heard anecdotal evidence from our members of how embarrassing it is for them when bringing companies to different parts of the island that are not on the motorway system. It is a let-down. What I notice when travelling from the west is that the road going into Longford seems to go on forever. One is looking at it on the satnav for what seems for ever. Where I would put investment is into upgrading the road system and broadband. Broadband is critical with the new technologies Mr. Daly spoke about, as well as with remote working. We have to hand all sorts of maps showing the broadband service in the regions and the broadband situation in the west is a total embarrassment.