Mr. Henry McGarvey:

I thank the Deputy for his comments. He asked a specific question about the plans of the ATU. We have identified land in Galway, Sligo and Letterkenny in response to the call in March 2024. Those lands are there. The important thing is that the strategy due to launch in October takes into account the fact that getting identified land through design and planning takes a fair degree of funding. A reasonable sized 400-, 500- or 600-bedroom accommodation space probably requires €2 million or more in upfront funding for design plans. I hope any strategy takes that into account to help us to move the process on.