Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 16 February 2021

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport

National Development Plan: Discussion

Mr. Colin Dunne:

We are ambitious because we have done this and we have been at it now for 11 years. It is not new to us. Of course, our ambition is to work with Irish Rail to open up this new route and get it going. From our side, we are ready to go and it is just a matter of trying to put the various elements in place to get going. Let us remember that 11 years ago, we started with two trains per week and we now have a daily train. It is still a very substantial amount of freight that is taken off the road and a substantial amount of carbon dioxide savings today. It is the only inland port in our country and it is of very significant importance to the west, I believe, and also to our international customers. For a very significant amount of the cargo we move on the rail line, the decision-makers are not on this island but are scattered around the world.

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