Mr. Peter Feeney:

Exactly. Those aspects have caught up with us since. Climate change, the fact it now costs €2 per litre of petrol and so on have bolstered the case for reopening the western rail corridor.

I will highlight a microcosm of the situation. There are 1,000 acres of State-owned land earmarked for development between Athenry and Galway city. Every acre of that is served by the railway. Mr. Devane spoke about the possibilities for growth. By the way, no decision has been made on the largest of those projects. It looks slightly to be at a remove now, but no decision has been made. Someone could get on a train in Claremorris or Castlebar and get straight to a site on 1,000 acres that are earmarked for economic development. Those places are going to drive the west. We cannot give up any inch of advantage we have, and the western rail corridor is a fundamental part of that. We have the Bonham Quay office development in Galway city. It has no parking because it is right beside the rail station. It got its planning permission because it was right beside the rail station and involved minimal parking. There are 1,000 office jobs there. People will have to travel in by train to go to work. Rail is the future.