Fergus O'Dowd (Louth, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

From reading their submission, they seem to be disappointed with it.

I have another question. I am looking at the investment, say, in MetroLink, which is €3 billion. The investment in the DART expansion will be hugely beneficial to tourists and indeed everybody in the city. I would have thought that would be very welcome to the witnesses, particularly the capacity to carry millions more people in the city of Dublin. I respect everything they have said, and it is right and proper that they should say it. I do not take from anything they said but I would think that in the 2040 development plan, for instance, the designation of Sligo as a growth centre for the north west is hugely important yet the witnesses do not acknowledge that in their commentary. If we look at the population statistics and the sustainability of people in communities like that, it is hugely important that the north west has been designated. The witnesses do not mention the many measures in the plan that are good for tourism. What is their response to that?