Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 13 November 2025

Public Accounts Committee

Appropriation Accounts 2024
Vote 31 - Transport
Report on the Accounts of the Public Services 2023
Chapter 9 - Appraisal of Rail Project Investments
Report on the Accounts of the Public Services 2024
Chapter 21 - Collection of Motor Vehicle Taxes
Financial Statements: Motor Tax Account 2024

2:00 am

Mr. Garret Doocey:

I would just say at the outset that the deployment of those and where they are going on the network is a plan-led approach. Therefore, it is evidence-informed rather than other external factors influencing the deployment of those carriages in the first instance. The first units of the first order of carriages are in Ireland and on the network and are being tested. There have been issues that have arisen during that testing, which is a safety testing regime prior to certification.

This has meant that now the deployment of the carriages in service will probably be in the second or third quarter of 2027, but the second quarter would be the aim.