I do not wish to pre-empt the report's findings so I will not dwell for long on why there are failures in the rail freight industry and why the operation of rail freight is losing Iarnród Éireann so much money. However, it is clear that the rail freight system needs to become more efficient. It needs to look at more ways of developing business either through the establishment of increased services or through the development of new markets. Iarnród Éireann has not given rail freight the focus it deserves. Irish registered goods vehicles carried 203.8 million tonnes on the roads in 2001, according to statistics provided by the Central Statistics Office. Surely some of this freight could have been transported by rail.