Mr. Eoghan O'Mara Walsh:

We may not have done so in the five-minute opening statement and the question and answer session but it is acknowledged within the strategy. We have been quite welcoming and open about what we call tourism enabling investment, and the Chairman mentioned the rail link to the airport, the roads and so on. We have been very complimentary about Sligo's status.

The reference to the money allocated to tourism is literally the capital development budget that is given to the State agency for tourism, which is only €300 million. That money is exclusively dedicated to tourism investment and infrastructure. Our pitch to the national development plan was that that should be something like €600 million rather than the €300 million allocated. However, we welcome all the other tourism enabling measures - work at Dublin Airport, the MetroLink and so on.