Steven Matthews (Wicklow, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

That is very good to hear. It is forward-thinking. These people will be the staff of the future, including, perhaps, the future chief executive who will be sitting here at some point.

Turning to the heritage aspect of our railways, we talk about modernising the railway and the national train control centre, NTCC, for example. In this context, we have signal cabins around the country that are no longer in use but that are examples of fine architecture and beautifully decorative buildings. We have old stores along the lines as well as beautiful bridges and railway stations. There are some exquisite designs from Victorian times. I was speaking with my colleague, the Minister of State, Deputy Noonan, who has responsibility for heritage and local government, about the development of a heritage policy for old railway infrastructure still be within the ownership of Irish Rail. Is there an existing heritage policy or is this something we could engage further on to consider developing such a policy for protecting, restoring and respecting this heritage the railway has?