Roderic O'Gorman (Dublin West, Green Party)

I congratulate Ms Considine on her new role. I am looking forward to working with her.

I have two higher level questions first. We have been experiencing a persistent and damaging housing crisis for the last decade. To what extent can the expansion of new rail services open up more land for transport-oriented housing development and help to address the housing crisis we are dealing with? The all-island rail review contains real ambition. What are the steps the Government and this committee can take to enable Irish Rail to speed up the delivery of some of the items that are in the rail review?