Mr. Don Cunningham:

In the presentation, I set out the position of Iarnród Éireann in the context of the national problem of underfunding. In the current multi-annual contract which provides subvention to Iarnród Éireann, there is no provision for funding the maintenance of abandoned, disused or closed lines. We support any substantial initiative that will help protect the preserves of those that will help increase passenger or freight services, in fact anything that can provide a sustainable increase to the operations of the railway. We have been engaging with groups such as West-on-Track with that objective in mind.