Ruairi Ó Murchú (Louth, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

As with all of these interactions, I will ask about increasing the volume of train journeys being operated between Dublin and Belfast. Plans are in place in relation to delivering the Enterprise. Obviously, I would prefer that they would happen faster, but I accept that it is under way.

The committee also had the National Transport Authority and Ms Anne Graham in before us. I cannot say that I am totally impressed about the offer of the new Taxsaver ticket. We have been told about the technical problems. We will be waiting. I cannot even remember what the time line is for that. It may be 2024 or 2025 before we have a solution to offer to people for a journey-based or three-day week Taxsaver type ticket. These options would fit the new way that people are working with remote working and so on. I am aware that the likes of Matthews Coach Hire in Dundalk, through a number of over-and-back engagements with the NTA, were finally able to operate a system themselves. The fact remains, however, that the main State operators cannot give this facility to people at this point in time. Whatever the Government can do to put pressure on needs to be done.