Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 29 May 2025

Public Accounts Committee

Business of Committee

2:00 am

Photo of Aidan FarrellyAidan Farrelly (Kildare North, Social Democrats)
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We had a couple of issues to raise relating the NTA. On carriages, we were trying to see if there was a correlation between the briefing that was happening where we were seeing a reduced fleet capacity in some ways. Correspondence said there was an increased fleet capacity on some lines but fleet capacity has also reduced on others. We need to see how that correlates. That related to No. R0020. On this one specifically, can we request an update from the NTA regarding its strategy to keep costs as low as possible? This is to understand the likely overall cost outturn being €188 million. Can we get an update from the NTA on how that is progressing?