Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 2 May 2024

Public Accounts Committee

Financial Statements 2022: National Transport Authority

9:30 am

Photo of Catherine MurphyCatherine Murphy (Kildare North, Social Democrats) | Oireachtas source

My question is the one the witnesses are expecting me to ask them. It relates to the bolt-on process, or likely bolt-on process, with regard to Kilcock and DART+ West. Is the NTA working on a bolt-on process? As the witnesses are aware, there will be big railway sheds in Kilcock. The train is coming to Kilcock but people cannot get on or off and the railway station is only a few hundred metres away. Is there a proposal to do anything with that? Essentially, there is a sizeable population. There are people further out who could get as far as there. It would reduce congestion further in. The N4 is mentioned daily in the context of congestion. We are going to have to deal with it in different segments. Is there a proposal for that at all? Is any work being done on it?

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