I arranged a meeting between Cormac Rabbitte and Deputy Eoin Ryan, the excellent chairman of our transport committee, who established contact between Professor Melis and the Cabinet sub-committee. The Minister for Transport went to Madrid to see the system in operation there, including a form of head-to-head contract under which the various elements were split up. Over a period of 18 months, work proceeded on sections of the project, rather than giving a single contract to one contractor. All sections proceeded simultaneously, working round the clock.