Mr. Lorcan O'Connor:

It is first a question of engaging with the stakeholders, be they cruise ships or the business groups in the country. The problem is that we keep getting conflicting documents. The port put out a document in March stating that it would not take any turnarounds from 2021 on. It is probably the most lucrative business, but it will be gone. When briefing the Minister a couple of weeks later, however, the port pointed out how valuable the turnaround business is. It is telling people that it will not take such business on the one hand and, on the other, it is briefing the Minister and saying that the business is valuable. This is all vague. The port claims that there will be 80 ships, but when one looks into that number, some of them will only have 100 or 150 people and will put in at berths on Sir John Rogerson's Quay. Those are small ships. Where larger ships are concerned, the port is stating that it will have a capacity of approximately 36. The problem is that it will only accept those ships on three days. When companies seek to book, they are told that they can only pick two of those three days just in case the port, which is looking at this a couple of years out, needs the third for freight. Since Dublin Port is tidal, there are restrictions on when ships can come in.