Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 16 February 2021
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport
National Development Plan: Discussion
Mr. Jim Meade:
The cellular network, however, is not good in some parts of the country. If one goes through a patch where the cellular network is poor, whether one is in a car, train, bus or bike, one will still have poor coverage. There is not much we can do about that. We talk to providers and ask them to improve coverage along the rail network because of the levels of customers they would have travelling on the network. It is an ongoing issue with us. The improvement in Wi-Fi is a by-product of investment, in conjunction with the National Transport Authority, that we put in last year. Our customer base is telling us that Wi-Fi coverage is quite good.
If I may come back to another issue, there is no issue with train drivers. We have sufficient drivers and a constant training programme which we have maintained even through Covid. We are constantly replenishing. We are looking ahead at what the demand curve will be and training and providing drivers for that.
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