Mr. Chris Hazzard:

I thank Mr. McGrath for his presentation. It is good to see him again. I was reading Foyle Port's accounts in the annual report that was put up online. They are very impressive, given the very challenging situation that the port has had to come through this year, similar to other ports, with Brexit, Covid-19 and all the rest of it. I would like to get an idea of the master plan Mr. McGrath touched on. Is it in the pipeline? I see that the port's strategic plan up to 2020 is complete. What do the next ten years look like? I am also thinking about modernisation of the port. Warrenpoint is in my part of the world and I am familiar enough with the challenges for the port to be able to modernise to meet the needs of the global industry and not just our local industry. Will Mr. McGrath give us a flavour of that?

How do the representatives envisage that master plan fitting in with the wider economic and strategic aims of the north-west region? For example, I have a criticism of our local port in that a master plan was developed almost in a silo without speaking to the local community or local council. It was more to do with the port itself and did not take into account that the port is an economic engine for the local area. I would like to think that will be part of the conversations in future. I commend the witnesses on the fact that the social responsibility fund profits go into mental health charities, etc., in the local areas. That is very good to see and, hopefully, that will do well in the future.