Cathal Crowe (Clare, Fianna Fail)

While we will, we hope, have Irish Rail before this committee in due course, it is my understanding that the NTA has a large function with regard to scheduling, timetabling and service provision. The last train out of Dublin is at nine o’clock at night. In the past year, there have been some pretty big matches in Croke Park and Taylor Swift concerts in the Aviva. As people cannot get accommodation in Dublin for those events, it is particularly punitive on youngsters that they cannot get home again. They want to come up to Dublin for something, enjoy their youth and spend a good night in Dublin. Late-night rail services out of the capital to the west are needed.