Cathal Crowe (Clare, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Finally, there is the capacity to deliver the LSMATS, this beautiful network of stops planned at Cratloe and Shannon, the rail spur into Limerick and the rail spur out to Shannon Airport. The Minister, Deputy Eamon Ryan, says that a lot of that line exists, apart from the airport spur, and that it can be delivered quickly. There is a station in Cratloe and a network there already. If Irish Rail got the green light, what capacity does it have to deliver that and - a colleague referred to Crusheen station earlier - to build on that infrastructure in the mid-west? There is massive potential. The Minister suggested three years hence for the Thomond Park park-and-rail system. Is that realistic? As regards the remainder of the line through Cratlow, Shannon and to the airport, how soon could it be delivered, all things going well?