Brendan Griffin (Kerry South, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I will make a comment to Mr. Franks. It would be a shame for the witnesses to leave this meeting without my having mentioned the point.

As somebody who uses the inter-city rail service fairly regularly, I must say that it has improved immensely in recent years. There is always room for improvement, but compared to ten years ago, when the old wooden carriages were part of the stock on the Mallow to Kerry section, we have come a long way. Customers appreciate the availability of Wi-Fi and it makes the journey feel shorter. If the company can keep pushing that modernisation agenda and keep up with technology, it would certainly enhance the passenger experience. From time to time, we get representations from tourism interest groups and from individual passengers, and if communications can be kept open with the various companies on resolving those issues, then that would be very much appreciated. There has been great improvement and hopefully we will see more of it in future.