Mr. Fred Barry:

As we both know from experience, the NTA will be submitting and will be involved in the development of the plans, as it has been with regional plans, county plans, national plans and so on in the past. The real crunch comes when it comes to abiding by those plans and their implementation in the following period. We have had national plans before that have been fine and good and have had appropriate aspirations, but have not, perhaps, been followed as well as they might have been. The onus will be on public representatives and on agencies on the public service side to try to ensure that whatever plan is put in place for 2040 is followed. From the NTA's perspective, I will certainly encourage that we do our bit but it will require more than any one agency or individual to ensure that the plans turn into an appropriate outturn.