Mr. Garret Doocey:

I would not like to prejudice the outcome of the reflection that is ongoing with the county councils, given they are going to come to it shortly. I will await receipt of their view of the way forward, taking cognisance of the report that was received in the summer. The Deputy is right about the previous route analysis, the differences between some of them and the amount of public land versus private land. I know CPO is a hugely contentious issue. It is a feature of the greenway programme. Agreements have been made with farming representative organisations as well. I would not completely discard CPO at the level of principle, but I am not talking specifics with regard to this particular project.