Mark Duffy (Fine Gael)

That is great. I thank Ms Considine.

Onboard catering has been discussed, and I welcome it being discussed at length. From a political point of view, we will not be satisfied until customers are satisfied, and they will be satisfied when they have adequate experience on their commutes. We had representatives of the NTA in here last summer and they said one of the constraints in delivering the onboard catering service was that the NTA did not have enough funding. When I asked how much funding it would cost to realise the onboard catering, they said they did not know, so there seems to be a lack of clarity. From my point of view, and from a political point of view, it has been made very clear in every contribution that we would like to see this. I publicly called on the NTA to make it clear what its ask was pre-budget to realise this service. If funding is the problem or the obstacle, how much would it cost? Do we have any sight as to exactly how much it would cost? When, as everyone has highlighted, there is so much demand for service on all our rail routes and many routes are at capacity, what is the obstacle financially, and why is that not so clear?