Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 30 May 2024
Committee on Public Petitions
Business of Joint Committee
Mr. Garret Doocey:
To clarify so that everyone has a common understanding, first, as I said in the statement, the draft All-Island Strategic Rail Review does not propose a reinstatement of that particular section of the line. Second, on the Senators comments around the line falling into further disrepair, the corridor is the most important thing in the reinstatement of any of the sections of the line, be it Athenry-Claremorris or northward, not the infrastructure that is there. That will all be taken up and new infrastructure will be put in, if it is a rail solution. That would be the case on the Athenry-Claremorris line as well. It is not a case of, to be slightly flippant, cutting back the weeds and letting a train roll on the tracks that there are.
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