Mr. Garret Doocey:

The short answer is "Yes". The review is looking at the potential for higher speed rail on the main inter-urban network between the seven cities on the island, and enhanced regional accessibility in terms of inter-regional and intra-regional rail. In both those contexts, it is looking at the potential for using existing alignments, potentially at currently disused alignments, or even at new alignments that might come to fruition in the review work itself. Everything is on the table in that context and nothing is ruled out. I should have referred also to the importance of accessibility to the north west, which the Deputy mentioned. It was a feature of the terms of reference that increased accessibility to the north west would be a strong focus of the study. That was made clear in the terms of reference and we have made it clear in co-operation with our colleagues in the Department for Infrastructure in Belfast with the successful tenderers.