Duncan Smith (Dublin Fingal, Labour) | Oireachtas source

That would be welcome. I was conscious of my wording in that, wherever we are trialling something for the first time, we should do it in the right way and actually deliver. Cork has immense transport challenges and we want to see BusConnects and improved rail services, including light rail.

People would say Ireland has not been great at big infrastructure projects, not only in transport but also in health and other areas. It might be a lazy trope and might not stand up to scrutiny. However, given Mr. Strachan's experience as an outsider coming in, is his assessment that it has been difficult to achieve big infrastructure projects here?