Mr. Garret Doocey:

The Department has not conducted a feasibility study in relation to a specific location for a future Drogheda north train station. The focus right now is on the delivery of the battery electric fleet on the northern commuter line, improving services to Drogheda and adding capacity to Drogheda on that line. The next phase is DART+ Coastal North all the to Drogheda, again adding further capacity and introducing improvements to the rail line on the way out to Drogheda and beyond to Dundalk and Belfast. The future location of a potential train station on the north side of Drogheda will be looked at in the context of engagement between the NTA and Iarnród Éireann as regards priorities for funding over the next couple of years. In the next five years, the real focus will be on the projects that are already in the pipeline.