Ruairi Ó Murchú (Louth, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I thank Mr. Llewellyn for giving up his time to come before the committee. The chief executive and other members of TII have been before the committee recently. Mr. Llewellyn has a good CV, qualifications and all the rest of it. This is the first time I have heard of somebody from Wales almost claiming to be from Ireland. I believe it was well put together, in fairness, so full marks in that regard.

I hope I do not repeat some of the points that have already been made. I was trying to maintain an interest in another meeting as this one was ongoing. Such is the reality of the online world in which we live. You think you can do it all and fail miserably on all counts.

Mr. Peter Walsh was before the committee recently and spoke about the difficulties from the point of view of TII. We accept there needs to be a requirement for engagement with communities and all the rest of it on major infrastructural projects. That is fundamental. Mr. Walsh spoke about the difficulties from the point of view of TII. We know there are wider issues. There is an Attorney General review now about the whole planning process. I will ask about Mr. Llewellyn's strategy for the future. What are his plans in that regard? What engagement has the organisation had with the review process that is ongoing?

Mr. Llewellyn spoke about roads. In some cases, there may be bad economics if one is only talking about dealing with peak times. We have all seen the solutions that TII is talking about around the M50, and it would be hoped that could be delivered in other places. That is where technology would kick in to reduce congestion, make things safer and all the rest of it. Does Mr. Llewellyn have plans for that sort of technological focus that could be brought to bear? I accept we must ensure we have a better public transport system that can remove the need for people to be using cars, ourselves included, on a day-to-day basis.