Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 9 October 2024
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport
Rail Timetables: Iarnród Éireann
1:30 pm
Mr. Jim Meade:
Not necessarily. We have a framework for 750 carriages. We only go through the whole procurement framework once. It is an 18- to 21-month process, under EU regulations concerning State funds, to do that procurement process. We only do it once. Historically, we undertook the procurement process for each train order, which led to timelines being pushed out each time. Now, if the Government decides at the end of this year or next year to allow us to order more carriages, which we are expecting, we can have that order placed within six weeks of the Department giving us the green light.
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