Mr. Peter Strachan:

It is very easy to generalise. Regarding some of the big projects across the world that have been either roaring successes or challenging failures, not only in transport, you will find examples of both in the same geographies. It is very easy to jump to conclusions and it would be very easy to say that since project X has not been a success, the country in question must not be good at such projects. That is a dangerous assumption because, frankly, Ireland has carried out some quite big projects very successfully. The UK has done some big projects successfully. I include Scotland, with which members will know I am familiar from my accent. Scotland has also carried out some big projects very unsuccessfully. Therefore, I would not want to generalise. I am focused on whether we have the infrastructure, by which I mean the governance and processes, to get some of the big transport projects right. I believe we do. This is why I spend quite a lot of my time with the capital committee doing monthly deep dives on MetroLink, BusConnects and DART+, just to ensure we have a laser-like focus on what we are doing, as I mentioned in respect of London. However, I would not want to generalise and say this country is really good at it or not, because this cannot be done with any country.