Mr. Glenn Carr:

I want to be clear that the components for ORE would not be moved by rail. It does not work that way. They are all brought in, stored and preassembled within the port confinement. We are talking about blades of 120 m in length, for instance. They cannot even go out on the public road. Some smaller components may be moved by rail but that would be if they were manufactured here in Ireland and being moved to a particular port. Some smaller components will come in on the ro-ro ferries into Rosslare. They will move into the designated area of the hub for that. The rail line from Dublin to Rosslare is a single line and it is a commuter line. It also has tunnels, etc., on it. It would not be the route that we would be using in terms of rail freight when Rosslare is rail connected. If we continue what we spoke about earlier with connection into Waterford Port - we will connect into Cork in the future and Shannon Foynes is being connected - the natural route, depending on the all-Ireland rail review outcome, would be at that point that the Wexford to Waterford line would be reopened. We would go across that either onward to the west or at that point use the double tracks, etc., out of Waterford, which, obviously, would free up much more rail utilisation to be maximised for freight.

The outcome of the all-Ireland rail review is pending. Mr. Kenny might comment on when that is likely to be completed.