Like Senator Higgins, I disagree with the ESRI on agricultural development and related matters. The institute does not seem to appreciate that investment is needed to sustain what is there. Agricultural investment must be made at a level which allows the same jobs to be done, improves productivity and provides the freedom to contribute in other ways to the economy. That aspect of the report is disappointing and superficial. The ESRI has had a blind spot in regard to public transport for a long time. It opposed the DART when it was proposed and has reservations about practically everything other than buses. Senator Higgins asked from where the character of the report comes. There is a touch of leafy Dublin 4 about the ESRI, which shows itself in its attitudes to agriculture and public transport, since one probably does not need public transport to reach many parts of Dublin 4.