Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 24 January 2013
Public Accounts Committee
National Transport Authority - Financial Statement 2011
12:30 pm
Ms Anne Graham:
I have not said that. I stated there are issues because of the quality of the service that is received from the operators. There are issues associated with certain parts of the country not having coverage and if the rail line passes through those parts, there is an issue in respect of the broadband falling out. That is a difficulty for Irish Rail to take up with the telephone operators. When broadband is used on the railway line, there also is an issue regarding its slowness for users because of the demand. It is very popular on rail lines and as such, that has an impact on the service. However, Irish Rail is very much aware of it, as are we, and we want to do whatever we can to improve the service.