Mr. Peter Walsh:

The expertise we have in-house relates to light rail, and they are very expert in the Luas system, but the expertise we will need in terms of MetroLink relates to metro.

We have made a submission to the NTA and the Department of Transport and it is my understanding that it is understood and supported. We have identified 18 posts within the structure of the client organisation. Let us refer to TII as the organisation that will be delivering the project. We have identified 18 posts, following advice that we got from Sydney, London and other metro operators. These positions should be State employees whose first loyalty is to the State and who will help us build up the rest of the client organisation. We will have to do that under contract with an international service provider of scale.