Mr. Garret Doocey:

I will make two comments on that. How do you find the balance between two different perspectives? Within the early stages of the eight-stage process, with phases 0, 1 and 2, the route options selection process can take those different perspectives into consideration. Its job is to look at all of the existing policies and different perspectives. The corridor has been established in the earliest stage and then it is about, within that corridor, what is the best option for progression. Elements of what has been mentioned can be accommodated within the project management guidelines and that structured gateway process.

Generally on the comments about the Midleton to Youghal experience and the all-island strategic rail review, etc., we as a Department visited various projects in the Cork region and we were brought to the Midleton to Youghal greenway. It looks like a fantastic project. Effectively what you have is that the corridor has been preserved by the creation of a greenway.