Ms Ciara Morgan:

I might come in there in response to that question. Regarding road safety, as the Deputy knows, the Department of Transport set up its own appraisal guidance which sits underneath the infrastructure guidance. Within that I think there are seven - do not quote me on that - factors that feed into it. Obviously, the value of that saving is one but safety is another major factor in there. That would be one of the considerations along with environmental considerations that would be considered in the business case. As to how those weightings are applied in each project, I apologise that I cannot tell the Deputy off the top of my head, but it is in its guidance as to how it looks at roads projects in particular. As Mr. Meaney said earlier, it is a tool to make the Department and the Minister aware of the costs and benefits of the project. It is then up to the Minister of the day and the Government to decide what they want to do with it. It is not that these elements would put a bar in place to stop the project going ahead. It is that they make us better informed in the decision-making. As far as I know, I think these kinds of things can then factor into how the different routes are designed. Obviously, those are looked at from a safety perspective. They can also be looked at from an environmental perspective and weigh up the different costs and benefits for the routes. That is how it all feeds in.