Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 23 February 2017

Public Accounts Committee

2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport

9:00 am

Photo of Alan FarrellAlan Farrell (Dublin Fingal, Fine Gael)
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How many years will it take to remove the diesel network? Presumably, we will be in a position where we will have to buy new locomotives, as opposed to switching to different models. Clearly, the network is not there. At what point do we say we need to stop buying engines and start putting up electrical cables?