Brendan Howlin (Wexford, Labour)
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I thank Mr. Lacey for his comprehensive reply. I must say it is novel for a presentation to a committee to say that inaction resulted in the outcome that we all welcome. Many a civil servant who has come before committees such as this would be delighted to be able to say that doing nothing is the thing to do. I am not saying the Irish Maritime Development Office did nothing on this but not having a new positive outreach to new market entrants resulted in market entrants. From what I understood of our initial discussion and the initial report was that there were sufficient players in the market to expand their capacity. We now have a new player in the market and the commercial reality of that and of the significant investment it has made, would underscore a different reality.