Mr. Garret Doocey:

I thank the Deputy for the question. On the proposal by the UK government, there was a high-level meeting a number of weeks ago between the Minister and Sir Peter Hendy, chairperson of the UK connectivity review project. I am not quite sure of the title of the group. At the meeting, Sir Hendy would have referred to the work he is required to undertake on behalf of the UK Government. There has been no formal request for our thoughts on the proposal other than the engagement at ministerial level with Sir Hendy.

As I said earlier, we are about to launch a strategic review of the rail network of the island of Ireland. There may be an opportunity in that review to consider future improvements to the rail network. We are engaging on that issue.