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

I am almost finished. I think we need to look at what will happen in the future as opposed to how things are now. I have the Iarnród Éireann app. I know how many trains are coming in from Nenagh and Roscrea to Limerick every morning, from Athenry and Craughwell into Galway every morning, and on every line into the cities that the Minister for housing, Deputy Coveney, says he will develop, which are Waterford, Cork, Limerick and Galway. What is absolutely clear is that there is no commuter policy into these major, growing urban areas which are, according to the media, to be designated as growth centres. We are now being given the exact same reason that Iarnród Éireann gave for closing the Harcourt Street railway line and selling it off, which is that there is no patronage on these lines. Has a commuter policy been developed on these radial routes out of these major urban growing centres, and has that been put to the NTA? What would it take to provide frequent, efficient commuter services for a 45-minute commute in each direction into the cities along these routes? Has that policy been developed and put to the NTA?