Mr. Dominic Mullaney:

Regarding the A5 project, essentially, we are in the hands of the Northern Ireland people. It is a planning issue. A second inquiry was held and an interim inspectorate report is coming from that inquiry. It is with the Minister, Nichola Mallon, up there. Essentially, we are dependent on the planning obstacles being cleared and the legal obstacles being overcome before it can proceed. We have made provision for it in our budget, but obviously we have no direct control over it.

In terms of the Narrow Water Bridge, different options are being looked at and there have been recent meetings between the Minister and his counterpart. Once again, there are discussions as to what type of bridge should be built, for example, should it be an opening span and should it be high level or low level. These issues have not been put to bed yet but it may well be that the next stage will be to engage a consultant to examine all these various issues in more detail so political decisions can then be made on them.