Ruairí Ó Murchú (Louth, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

Nobody here is going to die of shock when I ask about the Enterprise and when it will become an hourly service between Dublin and Belfast. There have been various timelines but while people have said this possibly could happen in 2024, there is also talk of the replacement of the entire stock. I also wonder about the changing of ticketing infrastructure. We spoke previously of the difficulty regarding people's changed routines post Covid. They might now be travelling only two or three days but want to be able to get the benefit of a Taxsaver ticket or whatever. There was always a specific issue that those who were working for two or three days might not be facilitated and it was a problem with the ticketing infrastructure.

While this is still going through a process that has been elongated by the absence of an Executive in the North, I refer to the all-island rail review and Irish Rail's interaction with it. I suppose it is a case of sooner, better and quicker in relation to all that.