Darren O'Rourke (Meath East, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

My colleague, Deputy Patricia Ryan, and others asked me to raise the issue with Newbridge and Kildare but it effects my county equally. I have raised repeatedly the anomaly of Laytown, Gormanston and Drogheda versus Balbriggan. I have a student in Leinster House today from Stamullen who should be getting the train from Gormanston but when asked from where did he get the train, he of course replied from Balbriggan, because that is where people go in that area or else they stay in the car.

This has been raised for a long time. When the NTA was before the committee previously, we asked these questions and got the answer that there is a review. We welcomed that review but it took an extended period. At the start of the year, we had announcements. What does it say about the NTA's preparation for the roll-out of the strategy that we are in the position we are in? In January, a phased roll-out was announced but in July, the NTA is saying it will not happen in September and will be delayed. Effectively, the delay is in the region of 100%.