Niall Blaney (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I extend a warm welcome to Mr. Clancy and Mr. O'Kane and thank them for their presentations. As someone who is from the north west I am very much in favour of their proposals and a lot of what they said.

First, I completely concur with what Mr. Clancy said about the cross-Border issues concerning Brexit. I am very much aware that his organisation has a strong relationship with the Letterkenny Chamber of Commerce. That relationship is also quite beneficial to the Letterkenny Chamber of Commerce.

Mr. Clancy made a strong point about the all-Ireland rail review. It is one of the most exciting things to happen in recent decades in terms of the possibilities that exist. Has his chamber done anything, in terms of its own membership, to make submissions to the review? Can it up the ante? I ask because there is great potential for Derry in a scenario where there is speedy rail connectivity between Derry, Belfast and Dublin, and maybe beyond. It is a very exciting time for the north west because we have been cut off, on both sides of the Border, for far too long.