Some 90% of manufactured goods are transported internationally by container. Instead of reducing such traffic through Waterford, Limerick and elsewhere, we should be providing incentives for continued use of Colbert Station's freight depot. Waterford and Limerick are both part of the national spatial strategy and Iarnród Éireann should not be permitted to make rail closure decisions in isolation. The whole sector should be examined in advance of the Minister's strategic review, which is to be published in January 2003.