Joe Carey (Clare, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I met the Minister, the Minister of State, Deputy Patrick O'Donovan, and Deputy Brian Leddin about the Limerick to Ennis railway line a few weeks ago. There is a long-standing issue that has been going on for 20 or 30 years in that the railway line floods annually. I did not get a commitment from the Minister that he was going to sort that out. Suddenly, now, we are going to have train stations everywhere and a spur to Shannon that has been talked about for 30 or 40 years. I would greatly welcome that. I would love to see the work starting tomorrow. I would love to see a rail station in Moyross and stations throughout Limerick. It makes sense. The Ryder Cup is coming to our part of the world in a number of years and it would make an awful lot of sense to have that connectivity there. However, I am talking about the here and now. The Minister needs to bring people with him. He needs to bring the region with him. He needs to have another look at his policy in regard to the mid-west region. He needs to ask why can our region not have both rail and road as alternatives. The Minister needs to have another look at that. The Minister needs to take that on board.