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

This relates to Dart west which is a big project. This is precisely the kind of thing we meant when we discussed the national children's hospital earlier. The 41 additional rail cars have been announced three or four times. I do not know if they have been ordered or paid for or what the procurement process was. Deputy Munster and I were members of the transport committee and we have been forward and backward on the purchase of 600 rail cars. We should seek an accurate statement on whether these rail cars have been purchased. The NTA states the new rail cars are in production and will be brought into service in quarter 1 of 2022. I presume they have been purchased. They were supposed to be brought into service this year and there could be reasons that did not happen. There were supposed to be 600 rail cars for the whole system.