Darragh O'Brien (Dublin Fingal East, Fianna Fail)

Good point. As regards Dublin Mid-West, and I know the Deputy has been very vocal and a really strong advocate for his constituents there as regards the additional provision of public transport capacity, light rail will be a game changer where he is and the DART+ programme will be extremely important, as will Luas Lucan. We will have to manage these things over the next few years but we are in a good position now. A lot of these projects have come through planning, and I welcome the fact judicial review has been withdrawn.

High-speed rail will be part of the all-Ireland rail review. The rail review recommended a higher speed, but we will not give anyone the impression that it is Japanese-like bullet trains we are talking about operating across Ireland.