Dr. Deirdre Garvey:

I will respond to the Senator's comments on Galway being the anchor. To clarify, I mentioned Galway in the context of there being perhaps fewer disparities there than, let us say, in counties Donegal, Clare and Mayo. I reiterate my colleague's comments about Sligo and its importance under the national development plan. It was an important contribution by the WDC to make that submission from a regional perspective, not from the perspective of individual counties in the context of what was best for the region. It had an impact and was hugely important.