Mr. Eddie Burke:

On the Connecting Europe Facility and TEN-T, there are three elements to what is happening in Brussels. One is a proposal linked directly with Brexit and involving a realignment of the North Sea-Mediterranean corridor from Ireland to the United Kingdom, through the Benelux countries, into France down to Marseilles. With the exit of the United Kingdom, consideration is being given to how that corridor might be realigned such that it would be coherent. The Commission proposed that there be links from Dublin and Cork ports. We have accepted this but have requested that Shannon Foynes Port also be included. It would link into ports in northern France, Belgium and the Netherlands.