Mr. Mike Devane:

When talking about doing something that is mutually beneficial and how that comes about, I would not like the point to be lost that we will look at our rail network and the land owned by the State to see what else we can do with it. That is particularly true with respect to utilities because we have a significant grid problem north of the Galway-Dublin line. Communications is the other issue. From a civil works point of view, if that were added to the mix, that investment would allow for a greenway to be built at very little cost, because all the infrastructure work would have to be done as well and other utilities and points of utility would be built onto the railway network, which would add to its significance and value. It is very important when doing the rail network that we create these scenarios. To go back to what I said earlier, we need some economic guidance here. We need to be talking about where we are going with this and what must be serviced in the medium term, that is, the next ten to 20 years, and what we are looking at in the long term. There are a lot of opportunities to create something here. I thank the committee for its time. We appreciate it.