Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 11 November 2021
Public Accounts Committee
2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 31 - Transport
Chapter 5 - Expenditure on Night Vision Imaging Technology and Training for Search and Rescue
Special Report 113 of the Comptroller and Auditor General - Procurement of Vehicles by the Irish Coast Guard
9:30 am
Mr. Garret Doocey:
The potential for new rail lines has been looked at in the context of the strategic rail review. The Navan rail line which the Deputy has referred to features as a proposed extension of the M3 Parkway line in the new revised greater Dublin area strategy. Other than that, there is the upgrade to the DART+ line, the relaying of the Dublin-Cork track, upgrades to regional lines and track relaying on the Ballybrophy line, the Cobh commuter rail upgrade-----