Mr. Tom Parlon:

The Minister for Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs, Deputy Heather Humphreys, is launching the policy document in Tullamore on Monday. On connectivity, there are substantial industrial clusters around the country but they are not connected. We do a road show every year with our members which starts in Waterford. To get from Waterford to Cork is quite a challenge given the particular road, as Deputy Cullinane will know well. It is also a challenge to then get from Cork to Limerick. The connection across three of the most important cities in the south west involves dreadful infrastructure. For them to be a counter to Dublin seems a no-brainer. While a €1 billion tag has been put on it and it is certainly a challenge to come up with the funding, the DKM report says that a €1 billion investment in infrastructure will leak back into the system within 18 months.