James O'Connor (Cork East, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I want to stop the Minister. I want to be very focused. I appreciate the European relief funding is being directed towards the metropolitan rail network in Cork. That is €184.7 million, if my memory serves me. I am talking about a multibillion euro investment in a Cork- Belfast line. Joining up the network would involve tunneling under Dublin, the electrification of the entire line and dealing with getting from Heuston to Connolly. There is no plan or discussion about that. I know he Minister is doing the all-Ireland rail review but the public consultation for that closed on Friday so I cannot feed into that process.