Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Independent)

The Minister said there is a service from Maynooth to the Docklands Station but the service is only from Clonsilla. There is no service from Maynooth to Docklands Station, unless one gets off the train at Clonsilla and waits for the train for Docklands. That makes no sense. Is the Minister aware that, according to the census figures published last week, Kildare is now the fourth most populated county in the country? It is at the heart of the commuter belt. Is the Minister aware of the level of usage of trains? I accept that trains have been provided but at peak times the train is called the Calcutta express. That is what it resembles. There is a high level of use, which is welcome, but does the Minister not accept that it is wrong to provide a new station and not provide a service to that station from a location where there is a clear demand for it, particularly when there is the ability to do so?

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