Mr. Colum Eastwood:

I thank Mr. McNeill and his team. It is great to have them here. The issues that they have talked about are important, especially with regard to the A5. It is essential to get it delivered. We need to cut through all of the legal issues. I am glad to hear Mr. Doherty talk about the all-Ireland rail review. Considering the issues with climate, we need to get that over the line and to be ambitious with rail connectivity across the island. There are also the issues with broadband.

In the limited time that I have, I will raise the tax issue, which Mr. Mickey Brady has already raised. I have worked with the Cross-Border Workers Coalition. It met the Minister for Finance recently. There is all of the talk about bringing people home and remote working. The pandemic has changed in a radical way how we connect and work in a radical way. It is a change that was coming but has been fast-forwarded by the pandemic. Somebody living in Muff, a mile from the Border, and wanting to work remotely for a company based in Derry, is double-taxed. That has to be resolved. I am sure members are aware of this. It was set aside during the pandemic but we should all work to try to ensure that the Government takes this issue seriously. I know it is aware of the issue. If we are serious about bringing people home and allowing people to work remotely, while we need broadband connectivity, there is no point in having it if people are getting taxed twice as much as they should be just to work remotely. I ask members, in all of their contacts with Government, to raise that issue because it would be vital for the areas that they represent. We are doing this and I know that others are.