Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 22 October 2025
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport
All-Island Strategic Rail Review: Iarnród Éireann
2:00 am
Ms Mary Considine:
I do not know the answer to that. Some of them would have pulled out. The previous provider, Rail Gourmet, pulled out after Covid. There was a national tender process and it did not yield the results that we wanted. We now want to see if there are other ways or other providers outside the normal, traditional pool. I spoke with colleagues in the UK and they would have similar issues. The actual pool of dedicated train catering providers is quite small. We need to see if there are other more creative ways of providing this that will not cost money.
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