Mr. Jim Meade:

Speed is something we always look at on the line and we will have a look at the specific example given. We will certainly revert to the Chair on it. When he gets charged up again, if he can provide us with the exact detail we will happily respond. In all our infrastructure works we are constantly looking at speed and how we can upgrade it. We do not just maintain but are constantly modernising and upgrading the speed of the line. Journey time is important for people, absolutely. The three factors we are always looking at are capacity on the services, that people can get on the service, whether it is frequent enough, which is part of the Cathaoirleach's comment, and then how we can reduce the journey time.