Michael Collins (Cork South-West, Independent Ireland Party)

The thing is that this is referred to as an all-island strategic rail review. That cannot be the case. The name has to be changed. It has to be called the "some of the island rail review". It certainly cannot be all-island when a whole area of west Cork is ignored and there is not one single sign of rail there. There is not an even a sign, signal or post telling people the way to the rail station in west Cork. It is non-existent. The funny thing is that rail did come to Mizen Head in 1850 or whenever. It was in Bantry in 1950, but, today, we cannot get rail out beyond Cork city. Will Iarnród Éireann explore innovative, low-cost rail solutions, such as narrow gauge or a light-rail system, for rural areas like west Cork, where full-scale rail may not be immediately viable?