Mr. Brian Deegan:

I work for an urban design practice and want to come in on that. I am a judge for Club Peloton, which runs cycle-friendly developers awards. We are really trying to promote that in the UK. I used to work in finance in the City of London, where most people cycle. They are high earners who want to get to work, and there are some amazing facilities there, but it is not often seen because the facilities are inside office blocks. Those are the sorts of people we want to encourage and the businesses that we want to attract, and therefore facilities need to be set up if they are not included as part of planning regulations. If members think that it is not happening here in Ireland, that probably means it is not. It is happening to a large extent in the UK, particularly among high earners, but even that is not well known. In Manchester, we will probably put out a best practice manual soon to promote that, looking at shower facilities, changing and so on. There are amazing examples, and a lot of housing developments in London now put a premium on blocks being car free. People will pay extra for cycling and walking facilities, and the new developments in Waltham Forest are going down that route. People want car-free living, in particular millennials, who do not want the stress of driving all day and waiting for a heart attack; they need to be out there. Encouraging such developments attracts a certain type of people and profession, so members should exert some influence on the planning regulations to make sure that is happening.