Mr. Hugh Creegan:

With regard to the submission process, I think it is best to describe it as a data gathering exercise at the moment. There are stages to go through and stage one was for TII to provide information about all the projects we were aware of that could be considered, how they align with the national strategic objectives and various other pieces of information. That is only the first stage of the process and there are various other stages to go. It is too early to say how it diverges from or converges with previous processes.

In regard to rail in Limerick, it was one of the key items that was raised in the public consultation on the draft transport strategy. We are doing additional work to identify how we can make additional use of the existing infrastructure in Limerick and what other extensions might be considered as part of that.