Mr. Eddie Burke:

Yes. There is EU funding. I mentioned the trans-European network. Under the Connecting Europe Facility, CEF, which funds the projects on the trans-European network, funding of between €11 billion and €12 billion is available for the 27 member states, the non-cohesion member states. The first call for the CEF is out and some €1.8 billion of funding is available. As we speak, an information day hosted by the Department is being run with the Commission and the European Climate, Infrastructure and Environment Executive Agency, CINEA, which is the body that oversees the funding call. Shannon Foynes Port is in on the call because it has been successful this year in securing funding through CEF. We are advocating that people use the funding available through CEF. This can amount to 50% of the cost of studies and up to 30% of the costs of infrastructure works. That is one of the supports available. Other funds, including the just transition fund, are available to support the whole transitional phase. The EU is not leaving us in a vacuum or on our own. In the European Union, we have consistently made a case on peripherality and the fact that Ireland is more affected, together with other countries such as Malta and Cyprus. This has been recognised by the Commission, and it continues to recognise this.