Duncan Smith (Dublin Fingal, Labour) | Oireachtas source

The communities are well into the design phase. They have gone through a couple of phases and are engaged with TII. People are starting to believe this is going to happen. There have been ground testing works and all the rest. That is why the reaction has been so visceral this time. In the past, people did not believe it was happening. Now people believe the process is happening. I have seen the logo on the barriers for the ground testing works. They have engaged with TII multiple times on the design, right down to the position of fences, plants, trees and everything. That is where they are at, in advance of the railway order.