Mr. Frank Allen:

I cannot say for certain. I am thinking of the two incidents mentioned which occurred in Dún Laoghaire and Cork. I cannot say conclusively. All incidents are not only recorded but investigated thoroughly, and the consequences of those are assessed. The board has a safety advisory group which is chaired by the former railway accident investigations manager from the UK. There is a very rigorous process. Within the safety infrastructure here in Ireland there is a railway investigation entity, the Railway Safety Commission. I assure the Deputy that every incident or near miss is the subject of very rigorous assessment and investigation, and any consequences arising from that related to infrastructure, training of staff or anything such as that are subject to a very comprehensive system. The evidence of that is that the safety record of Iarnród Éireann, by European standards, is exceptionally high. I say that knowing that if there was an incident next week, that would change. That positive record should not lead to complacency.