Mr. Graham Doyle:

The ownership issue is ancient, one that is very complex to untangle. I know that it is said regularly, but I am not sure it is the ownership issue that is holding back any of these matters. The port is important and being invested in. Other plans and possibilities were considered to ensure the future of Rosslare Europort, including various models for how it could be operated, including third party operation and franchising. For some of them, depending on their feasibility, the issue of ownership may well have been a complicating factor, but in terms of the immediate future of the port, its importance and the Government's vote of confidence in it, the ownership issue is not necessarily holding it back in the short term.