Mr. Michael Nolan:

-----congestion on the M50, as I mentioned earlier, there are 16 junctions on the M50. I think the average journey is between one and two junctions. Most people hop on and hop off; very few go from end to end. I think only about 4% of traffic coming out by the airport actually does the full route and gets onto the N11. Therefore, if one were to build an outer orbital route 20 km further out west, one would not attract that 4%. It would not make a difference. That 4% probably originates between south of where the outer orbital meets the N1 over to the N7. One may create another economic zone, and who knows what that would look like, but we do not see that as a rescue for the situation of the M50. However, that report was done, we have a very wide corridor, and local authorities are preserving that route for some time in the future. In ten, 20 or 30 years' time, perhaps there will be a need for a greater orbital route away from Dublin to create a counterbalancing corridor but it is definitely not on our radar at present.