Mr. Hugh Creegan:

This is one of the areas where the odd nature of our functions comes to the fore. If that railway line were in Meath, we would have jurisdiction, to use that word, over it. Because it is outside the greater Dublin area when it comes to rail, it is not under the NTA's remit. Services are but the infrastructure is not. That is between Irish Rail and the Department of Transport, so I am afraid the Senator will have to ask them what the position on it is. I know, as she does, that it is included in the all-Ireland rail review for delivery, but I am afraid we do not know the exact position on that delivery.