Mr. Brendan Hegarty:

I thank the Vice Chairman. To add to what my colleagues have said, the Fermanagh and Omagh District Council area is a very rural area and by far the largest geographic area of all of the new 11 councils, with just two large towns.

The biggest problems are connectivity, road infrastructure and telecommunications. The A5 project is key to the development of our area not just in terms of establishing the North-South link, but also how that can contribute to the east-west link in our area. I thank the committee for the opportunity to make the point.