Dr. Joseph Hiney:

Clearly, the governance structure that applies between the board of directors now and the current Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport is replicated in the legislation in the way we will deal with Louth County Council. As chairman, I will need to prepare, outside of public documents, confidential documents giving a full and comprehensive view to the appropriate body. I am not clear yet on the way that part of the legislation will be implemented in practice but it is a conversation we need to have with the council in the future. Under the legislation, I believe the chairman can be invited or requested - whatever the appropriate words are - to appear before the council up to twice a year to discuss port related issues.

Beyond that, we are also open to how we can communicate better because we will not develop solutions if each body has its own master plan and development plan. That will not work.