Steven Matthews (Wicklow, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

We could even use the existing lines. I believe we should sweat the assets we have rather than aiming for the very long term. To build a greenfield railway takes a long time, a lot of investment and massive planning. We have lines in place already, including, for example, the Nenagh branch we are talking about. We need to sweat those assets. We need compact growth in those towns and along those lines. That is where we should concentrate.