Mr. Philip Gaffney:

I thank Deputy Kenny. The issue of security on the DART is a cause for concern and, particularly, anti-social behaviour. As the committee is aware, some weekends many people gather in places such as Howth. When we have prior information intelligence from the Garda Síochána or local information we put additional resources in place and we are in continuous engagement with the Garda. We look at the various social media sites to ascertain what is happening.

On a broader front, going forward there will be unmanned stations and we have to accept that. We have one example of what can be done, not in the Deputy's constituency, in Broombridge where we had very active engagement with the Garda and the local community. Broombridge had a very poor record for many years but we have improved its appearance and reduced significantly the amount of anti-social behaviour through working with the community and engaging with a person part-time to bridge the gap.

We are concerned about anti-social behaviour across the rail system, particularly the DART and at weekends, and we are working hard to improve in this regard.