Mr. Fergal O'Brien:

I do not agree that we are stuck in the 20th century. My point was that we did not finish that job in the 20th century and it needs to be finished now. Motorways might not be a priority for a Dublin business organisation but they are for a national organisation. We deal with businesses in the west, the south west and north west, and the south east. There are some good motorways into the south east but the latter is not connected to the south west. The regions are not connected to each other. Every time we ask our members in those regions to name their number one issue they will talk about access, infrastructure and skills. IDA Ireland does great work to promote the regions. Without a quality infrastructure, that has to start with the basics of a quality road network, supported by public transport, those regions will not prosper and we will not get a redistribution of the excessive amounts of economic activity that is happening in and around the M50. It is not the only priority and I would appreciate if it were not presented as such. It is one of our priorities. Dublin needs significantly more public transport investment.