Pa Daly (Kerry, Sinn Fein)

The Minister mentioned the incident at Foynes. I express my best wishes to those people who were injured. We recently met the people in Foynes and met with Iarnród Éireann. The delivery of freight rail through Adare to Foynes is continuing apace and it looks like it will be delivered on target. Iarnród Éireann has a very good record of delivering on target. Regarding the proposed expansion of the lines to put passengers on them, Deputy O'Hara mentioned the western rail corridor. Why stop halfway between Limerick and Sligo? Why not push on? Does the Minister have an estimated time when the route will be completed as far as Sligo?