Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Social Democrats) | Oireachtas source

I was unable to go.

Deputies from Kildare North and Kildare South met representatives of the National Transport Authority approximately a week ago and one of the matters discussed, as the members know, was overcrowding on trains at peak times. At the meeting we were told the refurbishment of 29 carriages would not proceed because of the prohibitive cost involved. They were talking about seeing if it would be possible to lease trains from other countries, but that is not as straightforward as it might seem because of the width of the rail gauge here. Was anything outlined on how to deal with overcrowding?