Mr. Richard Logue:

Irish Rail did an estimate going back some years and it reckoned at the time that it would cost around €200 million to build a double-track branch from Clongriffin across to the airport. One also has to consider that at the moment one has got just a two-track railway down from Malahide to Connolly. One would need to build two further tracks to be able to incorporate additional trains. I am actually surprised that the DART coastal consultation does not include additional capacity on that route because that route is already beyond capacity, where one has Enterprise and Tara Mines trains crawling behind the regular DART trains. Irish Rail back then estimated that the cost would be around €200 million-----