Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 1 February 2017

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs

Sustaining Viable Rural Communities: Discussion (Resumed)

2:30 pm

Photo of Éamon Ó CuívÉamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Why is Iarnród Éireann touting that it solves all its problems to close all those railway lines when they are relatively small loss makers? I know the arguments about passengers. Forget about that. In absolute cash terms Iarnród Éireann is trying to save its balance. Why is it being put forward that if those two railway lines are closed, plus the lines from Gorey to Wexford and from Ennis to Athenry that its problems will be solved, even though in cash terms, out of a total loss of €300 million they account for only €20 million, which is a very small sum of money?

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