Mr. Michael Nolan:

It is not policy to duplicate services. Our original policy was to develop 14 service areas. We got planning permission for seven; one was refused at Rathmorrissey in County Galway. We had planning permission for one at Cashel but we decided not to pursue that because the private sector fulfilled that need on a service area adjacent to the motorway junction that was of a standard equivalent to the standard that we had set. At the moment we have six service areas with planning permission, three of which have been constructed since 2010 and are open for business. We are today discussing the second tranche of three. They are the M9, M6-----