Mr. Jim Meade:

I will address those questions. Currently, all we are doing with the Ballybrophy rail line is maintaining it as is until we get a definitive decision from the Department and the NTA on its future. It is part of the rail review that was done and we are just awaiting a decision on that.

The Chairman is correct that the airport study was done. I was involved in it in a former life and a former role and a route was identified for that. Clare County Council is preserving that route. That was the decision at the time. It was costly because of the terrain it goes through. It has not been advanced in more than a decade since it was looked at.

With regard to the commuter bus, I respectfully suggest that we need to sustain the Ennis-Limerick line by understanding how we prevent the flooding. We will then talk about expanding the service on it but there are opportunities to do so and I fully support that.