Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 17 February 2022

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport

All-Island Strategic Rail Review: Iarnród Éireann

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

I welcome Mr. Muldoon, Mr. Meade and Mr. Kenny. I will start on the basis of the stuff they have put forward as important to their organisations in the rail review and future planning. Mr. Meade and I have spoken previously regarding the Enterprise service, which is something that is close to my heart as I use it quite often. We said that until it is at least an hourly service, it will not do the business as a commuter facility. Are we still talking 2026-27 for an hourly service? Is there no chance of speeding that up? Regarding DART+, how far out are we on the timeline for that, particularly for Drogheda, etc.? On the entire cross-Border scenario, we have all seen the map of the north-west and that complete blank in rail infrastructure. Mr. Meade might not be aware of it at this point, but what sort of interactions, consultations or conversations have happened in the review on that? Where does Irish Rail sit on this?

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