Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 25 October 2017
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport
Irish Rail, Bus Éireann and Dublin Bus: Chairpersons Designate
9:00 am
Mr. Frank Allen:
The investment has not taken place as it should have and so various restrictions and other changes to make sure that we are not compromising safety had to be introduced. The longer we go without investing in maintenance, the greater the risk. The way a railway responds to that risk is to continue to enforce restrictions, because safety standards are never compromised, but the service might be of such inferior quality that it is no longer competitive or attractive to people travelling. I want to clarify that-----
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