Ruairi Ó Murchú (Louth, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I want to talk about the Enterprise train and Mr. Allen might come back to me on this. We heard previously from Jim Meade that there are conversations going on, there is a project in play, there is communication between Irish Rail and Translink and there is talk about new stock being bought. What was said by both Jim Meade and the Department of Transport was there is a possibility this project would take until 2026 or 2027. We had a statement from Chris Conway of Translink that suggests that an hourly Enterprise train service, with earlier departure times between Belfast and Dublin, could be in place by 2024. I want to know what information Mr. Allen has in that regard.

We are talking about money coming from the special EU programmes body. Is all the due diligence in place from the point of view of bringing this about? It would be great news to have this happen in 2024 as opposed to two or three years later. I would like an update on that.

Mr. Allen spoke previously on the whole decarbonisation programme. What sort of stock are we talking about? In regard to future rail infrastructure and cross-Border infrastructure, where are we at in terms of developing fast rail or electric rail? I would like an answer to that question.