Mr. Frank Ronan:

On the unique selling points in Waterford, it might be worth reminding ourselves for a second that the Port of Waterford has a throughput worth €2 billion per year. It supports between 900 and 1,000 jobs in the port zone. There is €100 million invested in the port's facilities and the adjoining partner facilities. There is a very serious business handling a serious amount of bulk and freight cargo. The lift-on and lift-off freight cargo we handle is particularly well aligned and associated with the rail, which is why we are making such a push about rail freight and why it is important to keep the conversation going.

With regard to our free capacity on the freight line, given our direct connections to Rotterdam we could actually take all the 50,000 freight units going to Rosslare, which Mr. Carr spoke about, and do so on a lift-on, lift-off basis. We do not expect to see that happening in the next six months but we do expect to see some transfer, rebalancing or remodalisation of some of the flows. On the unique selling points, we are actually available to do what I suggest now. We are waiting to see a freight train coming in, whether it is from Mr. Dunne or some of his colleagues or competitors, in order to start the service and start taking carbon out of the system. Rather than having a discussion about it, we believe it is something that can actually happen. We would like to see it happen sooner rather than later. Again, our profile in the south east is inclined to be a little low. The port is there, however, and it is doing an important job. It will become more important. Dublin will recognise, as it fills up, that capacity in Belview is as important as is capacity in Rosslare.

On offshore wind developments, we would like to be supportive of the Rosslare picture. As matters stand, the Waterford and Rosslare offerings are highly complementary. There is no conflict in terms of the business we do. We see the world in the same way in terms of rail freight and so on. Maintaining the complementarity would be really useful, and we would like to support that. We envisage Port of Waterford offering not the main drag services on the offshore side but assistance with the many necessary elements that go with the business, including cable laying, foundation laying and supporting the support ships. There will be a lot of business as offshore and renewable energy developments come down the east coast and around the south coast. Mr. Kingston and the others in Cork are waiting to welcome it with open arms as it comes down into the Celtic Sea and goes around the west coast. This is not about one port; it is about the taxpayers' investment in ports and ports operating sensibly and strategically together to drive value and not kill it in any place. I am trying to be a little holistic in my response. I hope the Deputy appreciates that. I hope I have left a little time for Mr. Meade in which to answer.