Ms Anne Graham:

That does not mean there are no new services. We funded the opening of the Phoenix Park to add additional services to Dublin in respect of a commuter service on the Kildare line. It is not that there will be no new services but there must be a strong business case for the provision of new expensive rail infrastructure. Currently, there are no plans to provide any new infrastructure except the DART underground, which is part of the greater Dublin area strategy. There is a demand for that in terms of the development of the greater Dublin area. The other point the Senator made concerned awareness of the services. As we carried our reviews, we found out that local people may not be aware of the services being provided in their local area so we wanted to raise the awareness level locally by working with Locallink offices to produce leaflets and local radio advertisements to ensure that local people knew about the services being provided for them in their local area.