Verona Murphy (Wexford, Independent) | Oireachtas source

Let me get this in here. On the line to the north of Dublin, there are 139 trains from Monday to Friday. They come from Malahide, Howth, Drogheda and Belfast. There are 97 trains a day on Saturday. Wexford is served by four trains each Saturday. I asked Mr. Creegan what the population differential is, but he did not have a clue. There are 106 trains. There is a 40-train deficit between the two lines. The very same issue arises with regard to the line whether someone is coming from the north or south, but we can put 40 extra trains coming from the north. The only answer was that it was from one main city to another. The people in southern Ireland do not seem to matter because there is no major city.