Ms Anne Graham:

The heavy rail network is at full capacity. All fleet carriages are being used by Irish Rail to deliver services. Irish Rail has no additional capacity available. We need to purchase fleet. There is a lead-in time of three to four years for purchasing fleet and we hope to commence that procurement this year. That is the lead-in time for delivery. We are looking at other delivery options in the meantime because we have capacity issues on commuter rail services. We are looking to see if there are leasing or other options whereby we can introduce fleet sooner.

On Luas services, we took delivery of longer trams earlier this year, which facilitated the extension of the green line. More trams will be delivered in about two years to assist with capacity on the green line.