Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 22 October 2025

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport

All-Island Strategic Rail Review: Iarnród Éireann

2:00 am

Photo of Emer CurrieEmer Currie (Dublin West, Fine Gael)

I just find it hard to understand why, back in 2018 or 2019, we had an idea of percentages about uplift in certain areas. Now, however, the numbers seem quite vague. I know Ms Considine is new so I would ask her to examine that. I am so sorry to be pushing Ms Considine because I am constrained by time and there are so many questions that come in.

With regard to signalling issues, we have had serious problems on the Maynooth line recently - on 24 September and 8 October - where services have been cancelled. I was told that control equipment had been migrated to the national train control centre on 21 and 28 September. Then, on 24 September, a fault was identified that has now been fixed. This is about extending the life of this equipment until we get DART+ West. However, we had another fault on 8 October, so people are really concerned. Will Ms Considine advise what that problem was and whether it is going to happen again?

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