Steven Matthews (Wicklow, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

I thank the witnesses for their attendance and their opening submissions. I acknowledge Mr. Meade's contribution in which he thanked the staff of the railways for keeping the service going and providing vital travel services to people who needed to get to work through a pandemic.

I refer to regional rail. Representatives of the National Transport Authority, NTA, were before the committee last week. They said that they do not deal with regional rail or suburban rail in the regional cities. Does Mr. Meade believe that an NTA heavy rail division would be beneficial in the development of good regional rail services in terms of interconnectivity between the regions but also the suburban service within regions such as Cork or Limerick?