John O'Mahony (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Okay, that is not a problem. I will go through the four.

I shall now turn to Mr. Cormac O'Rourke of Transport Infrastructure Ireland. Mr. O'Rourke has said that the cutbacks, or savings as he puts it, were estimated at €3 million and they were up at €10 million. Mr. O' Rourke believes that it had gone too far. What practical effect has this had? Mr. O'Rourke said that it affects long-term planning. The report from last Friday was around long-term planning. Perhaps Mr. O'Rourke will expand on this.

My other question concerns an issue that I have raised previously. Obviously there are a lot of new projects in the pipeline now but Mr. O'Rourke seems to be quite critical of the lack of maintenance put in to the transport infrastructure. This is at variance with what the Minister might say. Will Mr. O'Rourke also expand on that?

The Port of Cork report is very comprehensive so I will not go in to any great detail. With regard to Brexit and transport, Mr. O'Rourke referred to TEN-T. This was designed based on the UK being part of the EU, which looks certain not to happen now. What effect will this have on the Port of Cork?

I thank Mr. O'Gorman for his presentation which explains how Galway Port is, obviously, in a different space. He refers to the pending planning permission and the funding model. The tier status of the port has been a critical issue, and will be going forward. Hopefully there will be a positive result from the planning application. What is Mr. O'Gorman's view on what will happen next? Will it be more difficult to put the funding model in pace as a result of the tier status of the port?