Mr. Tony Murphy:

No, to be fair, it is a question we often ask. We would say, generally, that there is not enough cross-border co-operation, let us say. For instance, we have the TEM network and things like that, so there are certain infrastructures where there is a sort of sum approach. I remember years ago we were doing something on inland waterways and it was crazy because someone might dredge a river so that a boat up to a certain height could pass, and then the next bridge might not allow it and the next bridge might. Again, there was this lack of co-ordination and co-operation.

I refer to a simple thing like last year - I do not know if the Deputy remembers - when the REPowerEU chapter was added to the RRF plan. It was supposed to be about energy. We made the point at the time that it sounded like a lot of money. I think it was €20 billion or something like that but we asked what the value would be in splitting that across all the member states so everyone got a little piece rather than concentrating on a few major projects that would have a common added value. There is definitely a lack, generally, in those cross-border interactions between member states. They are very limited. There are areas where it happens but it is quite limited.