Mr. Ciaran Corcoran:

On the IBEC regional teams, we spoke to the north-west regional executive committee and midlands regional executive committee and the issue was also highlighted in the west committee. Between the three areas, submissions were prepared for the overall IBEC submission to the national planning framework. The document highlighted the priorities for items such as infrastructure. The priority in all of the regions was the infrastructure needs in the various areas. However, the alignment was between the north west, midlands and west in terms of the N4 Sligo to Dublin corridor, N5 Westport to Longford route and the N4 Sligo to Dublin route in the midlands. Once the submissions were produced, we routed them through the regional executive committee in IBEC. I understand some of the councils also made submissions.