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

Having spent €50 million, €100 million or whatever, we then need to ensure that the line is heavily used. The numbers are growing and I thank Iarnród Éireann for that. However, we need to discuss this. I see the issue coming. I see it in discussions of rural broadband. The cost in rural Ireland is always the big issue. The questions are how much it is going to cost and whether we can afford it in rural Ireland. The answer to that is that if a heap of people travel on the line, which we can achieve by pursuing other infrastructural developments in tandem, the line will be well-used and will perform much better in a cost-benefit analysis. That is what I am saying. It is very important to Ballycar that there are a lot of passengers.